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The Grand Hour EP

Guided By Voices

This release is ridiculous to anyone except for true believers, consisting of 6 songs that TOTAL 9_ minutes of music…that sound as if they were recorded on a portable cassette recorder….with the most naïve drumming imaginable (and the absolute worst drum sound, too).

If nothing else, it’s worth mentioning that two tracks on this EP provided the titles for two subsequent GBV albums ("Bee Thousand" and "Alien Lanes"). "Bee Thousand" is also notable for sounding like what might happen if Little Red Riding Hood were to stumble upon Captain Beefheart in the middle of a bad drunk. Absurd? Oh, yes. Fun(ny)? Yeah…maybe even good...to somebody.
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