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Welshpool Frillies - Wikipedia

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Welshpool Frillies

Studio album by

Guided by Voices

Released

July 21, 2023

Recorded

2022

Studio

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States^[1]

Genre

Indie rock

Length

41:00

Language

English

Label

Guided by Voices, Inc.

Producer

Travis Harrison^[1]

Guided by Voices chronology

La La Land
(2023)

Welshpool Frillies
(2023)

Nowhere to Go but Up
(2023)

Welshpool Frillies is the 38th studio album by American indie rock band Guided by Voices. It was released on July 21, 2023.

Recording, release, and promotion

Weshpool Frillies continued a series of eight studio albums by Guided by Voices in three years and unlike their previous releases that were mostly recorded at a New Jersey studio, the band's producer Travis Harrison instead recorded this live to tape in a Brooklyn basement.^[2] This album was preceded by the singles "Seedling" in May and "Meet the Star" in June".^[2] They also promoted this release with a brief North American tour.^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
The Irish Times	^[5]
Under the Radar	^[6]

According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Welshpool Frillies received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 83 out of 100 from four critic scores.^[7] Editors at AllMusic rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Mark Deming writing that "GbV have been on an unprecedented hot streak since 2017" by making a stable line-up of musicians to support frontman Robert Pollard and this album is "an especially impressive example of the strength of Guided by Voices as a band rather than another Pollard project".^[4] Writing for BrooklynVegan, Bill Pearis chose this as one of the best albums of the week, stating that "the current lineup of the band rivals any of the “classic” lineups of decades past" and characterizes this release as "down and dirty", due to being recorded live to tape.^[8] Eamon Sweeney of The Irish Times gave this album 4 out of 5 stars, calling it "yet another collection of scuzzy pop and delicious riffs, topped off by Pollard’s deadpan voice and surreal lyrics" and stating that the band has evolved from their lo-fi music roots.^[5] At The Quietus, Jon Buckland wrote that this album has a "sparkling lyrical display" that "is peppered with powerful language hinting at events untold, slotting together in surprising mixtures, shapes, and forms"^[9] and editors chose this as one of the best albums of June and July 2023.^[10] Michael James Hall of Under the Radar scored this album a 7.5 out of 10, calling it "a shimmering highlight in the constant, often delightful stream of GBV output".^[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Robert Pollard.

"Meet the Star" – 3:26
"Cruisers' Cross" – 3:30
"Romeo Surgeon" – 3:18
"Chain Dance" – 1:58
"Why Won't You Kiss Me" – 2:09
"Animal Concentrate" – 2:38
"Cats on Heat" – 1:39
"Mother Mirth" – 1:27
"Don't Blow Your Dream Job" – 3:34
"Awake Man" – 2:19
"Rust Belt Boogie" – 4:08
"Seedling" – 2:47
"Better Odds" – 2:43
"Radioactive Pigeons" – 2:30
"Welshpool Frillies" – 2:54

Personnel

Guided by Voices

Bobby Bare Jr. – guitar, backing vocals
Doug Gillard – guitar, backing vocals, string arrangement
Kevin March – drums, backing vocals
Robert Pollard – lead vocals, guitar, cover art, layout
Mark Shue – bass guitar, backing vocals

Additional personnel

Travis Harrison – production

References

^ ^a ^b Deville, Chris (May 23, 2023). "Guided By Voices Share New Song "Seedling"". New Music. Stereogum. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Rettig, James (June 20, 2023). "Guided By Voices Share New Single "Meet The Star"". New Music. Stereogum. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
^ Pearis, Bill (June 20, 2023). "Guided by Voices announce US tour ++ hear "Meet The Star" from upcoming LP". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Deming, Mark (n.d.). "Guided by Voices – Welshpool Frillies". AllMusic. RhythmOne. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Sweeney, Eamon (July 14, 2023). "Guided by Voices: Welshpool Frillies – Scuzzy pop, delicious riffs, surreal lyrics". Music. The Irish Times. ISSN 0791-5144. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Hall, James Michael (July 21, 2023). "Welshpool Frillies". Music. Under the Radar. ISSN 1553-2305. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
^ "Welshpool Frillies by Guided by Voices Reviews and Tracks – Metacritic". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. n.d. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
^ Pearis, Bill (July 21, 2023). "Indie Basement (7/21): the week in classic indie, college rock, and more". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
^ Buckland, Jon (July 27, 2023). "Guided By Voices". Reviews. The Quietus. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
^ Clarke, Patrick (July 28, 2023). "Music of the Month(s)". Quietus Charts. The Quietus. Retrieved July 28, 2023.

External links

Entry in the Guided by Voices Database
Welshpool Frillies at Discogs (list of releases)
Welshpool Frillies at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

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Studio albums	Devil Between My Toes (1987) Sandbox (1987) Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia (1989) Same Place the Fly Got Smashed (1990) Propeller (1992) Vampire on Titus (1993) Bee Thousand (1994) Alien Lanes (1995) Under the Bushes Under the Stars (1996) Tonics & Twisted Chasers (1996) Mag Earwhig! (1997) Do the Collapse (1999) Isolation Drills (2001) Universal Truths and Cycles (2002) Earthquake Glue (2003) Half Smiles of the Decomposed (2004) Let's Go Eat the Factory (2012) Class Clown Spots a UFO (2012) The Bears for Lunch (2012) English Little League (2013) Motivational Jumpsuit (2014) Cool Planet (2014) Please Be Honest (2016) August by Cake (2017) How Do You Spell Heaven (2017) Space Gun (2018) Zeppelin Over China (2019) Warp and Woof (2019) Sweating the Plague (2019) Surrender Your Poppy Field (2020) Mirrored Aztec (2020) Styles We Paid For (2020) Earth Man Blues (2021) It's Not Them. It Couldn't Be Them. It Is Them! (2021) Crystal Nuns Cathedral (2022) Tremblers and Goggles by Rank (2022) La La Land (2023) Welshpool Frillies (2023) Nowhere to Go but Up (2023) Strut of Kings (2024)
EPs	Forever Since Breakfast (1986) The Grand Hour (1993) Static Airplane Jive (1993) Get Out of My Stations (1994) Fast Japanese Spin Cycle (1994) Clown Prince of the Menthol Trailer (1994) I Am a Scientist (1994) Tigerbomb (1995) Sunfish Holy Breakfast (1996) Plantations of Pale Pink (1996) Wish in One Hand… (1997) Plugs for the Program (1999) Hold on Hope (2000) Dayton, Ohio–19 Something and 5 (2000) Daredevil Stamp Collector (2001) The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet (2002) Down by the Racetrack (2013) Wine Cork Stonehenge (2018) 100 Dougs (2018) 1901 Acid Rock (2019) Umlaut Over the Ozone (2019)
Live albums	Live from Austin, TX (2007)
Compilation albums	The Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates (2003) Crickets: Best of the Fading Captain Series 1999–2007 (2007) Scalping the Guru (2022)
Box sets	Box (1995) Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft (2000) Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere (2003) Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow (2005) Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now (2009) Suitcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War (2015)
Robert Pollard solo albums	Not in My Airforce (1996) Waved Out (1998) Kid Marine (1999) Motel of Fools (2003) Fiction Man (2004) Relaxation of the Asshole (2005) From a Compound Eye (2006) Normal Happiness (2006) Silverfish Trivia (2007) Standard Gargoyle Decisions (2007) Coast to Coast Carpet of Love (2007) Superman Was a Rocker (2008) Weatherman and Skin Goddess (2008) Robert Pollard Is Off to Business (2008) The Crawling Distance (2009) Elephant Jokes (2009) We All Got Out of the Army (2010) Moses on a Snail (2010) Space City Kicks (2011) Lord of the Birdcage (2011) Mouseman Cloud (2012) Jack Sells the Cow (2012) Honey Locust Honky Tonk (2013) Blazing Gentlemen (2013) Faulty Superheroes (2015) Of Course You Are (2016)
Tobin Sprout albums	Carnival Boy (1996) Moonflower Plastic (1997) Let's Welcome the Circus People (1999) Lost Planets & Phantom Voices (2003) The Bluebirds of Happiness Tried to Land on My Shoulder (2010) The Universe & Me (2017)
Airport 5 albums	Tower in the Fountain of Sparks (2001) Life Starts Here (2002)
Boston Spaceships albums	Brown Submarine (2008) The Planets are Blasted (2009) Zero to 99 (2009) Our Cubehouse Still Rocks (2010) Let It Beard (2011)
Lifeguards and Doug Gillard albums	Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department (1999) Mist King Urth (2003) Waving at the Astronauts (2011)
Robert Pollard side projects	In Shop We Build Electric Chairs: Professional Music by Nightwalker 1984–1993 (1999) Big Trouble (2000) Choreographed Man of War (2001) Calling Zero (2002) Blues and Boogie Shoes (2006)
Circus Devils albums	Ringworm Interiors (2001) The Harold Pig Memorial (2002) Pinball Mars (2004) Five (2005) Sgt. Disco (2007) Ataxia (2008) Gringo (2009) Mother Skinny (2010) Capsized! (2011) When Machines Attack (2013) My Mind Has Seen the White Trick (2013) Escape (2014) Stomping Grounds (2015) Laughs Last (2017)

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