Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices on Album Whale

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1995

James

If Bee Thousand was lightning in a bottle, Alien Lanes is the storm that followed. Containing twenty-eight songs in barely over forty minutes, the album operates according to a dream logic all its own, jumping between power pop, psychedelia, garage rock, and surreal miniatures. The sheer density of ideas is astonishing, yet the record never feels cluttered thanks to Pollard's seemingly limitless supply of hooks. Songs like "Game of Pricks," "Motor Away," and "A Salty Salute" rank among the finest in the band's catalog, but countless lesser-known tracks leave an equally lasting impression. The album captures Guided by Voices at their most prolific, confident, and inventive. For many fans, it remains the definitive expression of everything that makes the band unique.
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