By: Robert Pollard with Doug Gillard
Appears on: Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department
I don’t know how to properly explain it, but there’s a certain kind of magic that occurs when Robert Pollard teams up with Doug Gillard. You can hear it all over the Guided By Voices records that feature Doug as lead guitarist, on the insanely great ESP Ohio album Starting Point of the Royal Cyclopean, on the two wonderful Lifeguards releases, and of course, on the miracle of modern music that is Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department. Bob has a way with hooks, well-crafted melodies, and cryptic lyrics, and Doug always seems to have just the perfect guitar leads, fills, and other embellishments to complement them.
