By: Guided By Voices
Appears on: Please Be Honest
When Robert Pollard dropped Please Be Honest on us in 2016, some felt that it could just as easily have been released as a solo album instead of under the Guided By Voices moniker. Of course, Pollard did play all the instruments on the album by himself, so this was no band effort. Some reviewers speculated that he was just trying to cash in on the GBV name, but this is just plain ridiculous. Robert Pollard is Guided By Voices and vice-versa, therefore Please Be Honest, just like any other Pollard release, is a true GBV record. Whichever way you choose to interpret this release, there is one indisputable merit that came with it: Pollard reformed Guided By Voices and toured to promote Please Be Honest.
