Under the Bushes Under the Stars by Guided By Voices

Under the Bushes Under the Stars, Guided by Voices' ninth album, came out on Matador in March 1996 as the follow-up to Alien Lanes, and it was the last record for a long while from the lineup the faithful call the classic one: Robert Pollard up front with Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell and Kevin Fennell. That crew wouldn't make another album together until Let's Go Eat the Factory in 2012.

Kim Deal gets the producer credit, and the songs come the Guided by Voices way, short and scattershot, one bright idea tripping over the next: British Invasion melody, garage clang, psychedelic fog and punk impatience, all knocked together by Dayton, Ohio lifers who learned their craft on a four-track cassette deck. "The Official Ironmen Rally Song" is the one that reached the countdowns.

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