Vampire On Titus

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  1992

  James

  Long dismissed as one of the roughest records in the Guided by Voices catalog, Vampire on Titus has gradually become recognized as an essential piece of the band's evolution. The album captures Pollard and company before their songwriting fully crystallized, but the raw creativity is impossible to miss. Beneath the distorted production and basement-recording aesthetics are flashes of the melodic brilliance that would soon define Bee Thousand. The record feels less like a finished statement than a transmission from a band discovering its identity in real time. Its roughness is not a flaw but part of its appeal. For many fans, it represents the last stop before Guided by Voices became Guided by Voices.