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It’s been just a few months since Guided By Voices’ faux rock opera “Earth Man Blues” garnered four-star and five-star reviews, with Rolling Stone proclaiming that it “squarely hits all the marks that make Guided By Voices great – again and again and again”. “Again and again and again” is perhaps GBV’s credo, with Robert Pollard’s never-ending supply of fascinating and supremely catchy rock.

Just when one thinks one’s got them pinned down, album number thirty-four opens with bizarre percussion, mariachi trumpets, strings and acoustic guitar. The adventurous spirit pervades yet another killer album from the greatest and most versatile GBV line-up. The golden boys (Doug Gillard, Bobby Bare Jr., Mark Shue, Kevin March) can do no wrong. “It’s Not Them. It Couldn’t Be Them. It Is Them!” is a creative tourde-force full of surprises from the most prolific and captivating band on the planet.