$14.98 (list price), Rock, Off Basic Story: Robert Pollard and Chris Slusarenko of the retired Guided By Voices team up once again for their second album.
Sample: “I am snitching out your man/ I am rolling out your plan/ breaking out lawn furniture/ in father’s favorite temperature.”
Verdict: The Takeovers, one of Robert Pollard’s many post-GBV side projects, are in top form here, outshining many of his recent solo ventures. Bad Football features several guest musicians, including Stephen Malkmus and the Decemberists’ John Moen who help realize the potential of Pollard’s musical collages. Though some songs remain in drunken sketch form, the album is a predominately focused effort filled with several Pollard classics, including ‘My Will,’ one of the catchiest and best songs he has written in years.
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