Guided By Voices Premiere New Music From Forthcoming LP; Announce The Release Of Another New Album In November!

Iconic indie rockers Guided By Voices premiere the title track from their Forthcoming LP Class Clown Spots A UFO and officially announce a November release date for another new album, The Bears For Lunch!

The new Guided By Voices album is nothing short of vintage GBV at their best. Class Clown Spots A UFO is not only some the band’s best work, it’s also song craft is outstanding and only rivaled by . . . GBV’s other classic album successes including the classic Alien Lanes, the critically acclaimed Bee Thousand, and the emphatically received Let’s Go Eat The Factory. The release of GBV’s newest album, Class Clown Spots A UFO, is just around the corner with a release date set for June 12.

Besides the killer song-writing and extraordinary execution, the most intriguing aspect of this album is that the title track has been 25 years in the making. In fact, “Class Clown Spots A UFO” is one of Robert Pollard’s oldest songs. The original version of the tune was titled “Crocker’s Favorite Song” and was penned in the mid 80s. Later, it was cut from GBV’s now classic album Bee Thousand. However, the track would eventually make its way onto an album for the legendary rockers . . . thrice. “Crocker’s Favorite Song” would appear on King Shit And The Golden Boys (on the 1995 GBV Box), the “Director’s Cut” edition of Bee Thousand (2004), and finally as “Class Clown Spots A UFO” on Suitcase 3 (2009). Now, its been re-mastered, re-recorded, and completely polished into a GBV instant pop-indie classic. Listen to this latest rendition of “Class Clown Spots A UFO” from GBV’s newest album of the same name on Rolling Stone.

While news of GBV’s newest album is certainly exciting, the announcement of yet another new album, The Bears for Lunch, is equally intriguing. The Bears for Lunch is expected for release in November of 2012 and will be the (count it) third album GBV will release since their reunion, and perhaps most important, the third album GBV will release in a single year!

Meanwhile, GBV will be hitting be hitting the road with a run of shows that see the guys playing up and down the East coast and into Louisiana, Texas, Missouri, and Kansas. Check out the tour dates below!

Guided By Voices 2012 Tour

5/18 – Nelsonville, OH – Nelsonville Music Festival
7/6 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
7/7 – New York, NY – CBGB Festival at Central Park Summerstage
7/15 – Cincinnati, OH – Bunbury Festival
9/8 – Dayton, OH – Downtown Revival Music Festival
9/14 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
9/18 – Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club*
9/19 – Orlando, FL – The Beacham*
9/21 – Pensacola, FL – DeLuna Festival
9/22 – New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks*
9/24 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live*
9/25 – Austin, TX – Emo’s East*
9/27 – Columbia, MO – Blue Note*
9/28 – Lawrence, KS – Granada*
9/29 – St Louis, MO – Plush*
* With Detective

Sam

Sam is a freelance contributing writer in the Dallas area.

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