By: Robert Pollard Appears on: From A Compound Eye “Recovering” provides Robert Pollard’s From A Compound Eye with a stellar closing track. It starts off with a gentle acoustic finger-plucked verse riff, then blasts into heavy chords for the chorus, using Pollard’s signature two-note chords: a fretted note on the sixth string played along with the […]
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A Second Spurt Of Growth
By: Guided By Voices Appears on: Half Smiles of the Decomposed For all its rocking moments, Half Smiles Of The Decomposed is not without its soft spots. “A Second Spurt Of Growth” adds a gentle touch of finger-plucked acoustic guitars to break up the album’s second side, beautifully accompanied by the signature “noises & atmospheres” sounds […]
Time Trapper
By: Circus Devils Appears on: Laughs Last On my first listen of the 2017 Circus Devils album Laughs Last, “Time Trapper” was a track that immediately caught my attention. That melancholy acoustic guitar, playing those desolate arpeggios over a bleak synth, set to Robert Pollard’s haunting vocal melody…I knew I wanted to learn how to play […]
