Cool Planet

Having been recorded mostly during the great Polar Vortex of 2014 it's no surprise that the next Guided by Voices record, in their inexhaustible reformation, is titled 'Cool Planet'. Here we have another wineskin full of great songs to listen to, recorded in a proper studio - Cyberteknics in Dayton, Ohio - for the first time since the reunion. There's some unusually consistent and consistently awesome production on 'Cool Planet', thanks to the array of vintage equipment on offer at Cyberteknics. 'Cool Planet' has a weighty crunch that will lay you flat, which is perhaps also in part due to the addition of ex-late-version GBV tub-thumper Kevin March on drums (after a short but lively internecine skirmish that left some people happier than others).