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Neither war nor pestilence can keep Guided by Voices from releasing three or four albums of new music a year, a remarkable percentage being top-notch power pop. The new
Styles We Paid For (GBV/Rockathon) opens with the unforgettable minor-key riff of âMegaphone Rileyâ and never lets up. The band occasionally shows it can handle a long-form song with aplomb, like the nearly five-minute âSlaughterhouse,â but itâs the upbeat direct hits like âMr. Childâ and âNever Abandon Shipâ where GbV shines.
The problem is that each new release can make you forget the best moments of the last, in this case the early fall album