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Robert Pollard Is Off To Business sports Todd Tobias' cleanest and meanest production yet, giant songs and riffs that pack a wallop, and arguably Pollard's finest singing ever captured on record. For Pollard, whose albums normally run 15-25 songs, this 10-song work (the majority of the songs 3:30 or longer) is a departure from form. Since freeing himself of a band in 2004, his albums have each had very distinct and varied flavors, and his creativity has flowered.

"Weatherman and Skin Goddess" takes the listener back to a time when Rock Radio ruled and bands could have 5-minute-plus hit singles. "Gratification To Concrete" is a classic catchy Pollard rock anthem, or is it a Pollard catchy Classic-Rock anthem? He's definitely turned up the Rock 10% and the Classic 11% on this album.

Extraordinarily influential, Pollard is not just a founding father of indie rock, but in the long run will prove to be an important part of rock history, with a significant oeuvre that branches from The Who, Peter Gabriel-era Genesis, Wire and The Clean.

"Since his much-adored band closed down, it seems that nothing has changed for Pollard, who endures as the perpetually prolific, massively tuneful, beer-swigging king of pop."
--Amazon.com

30-second MP3 excerpts:

The Original Heart
The Blondes
1 Years Old
Gratification To Concrete
No One But I
Weatherman And Skin Goddess
Confessions Of A Teenage Jerk-Off
To The Path!
Western Centipede
Wealth And Hell-Being

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Pollard recently poured through a bunch of old cassette tapes and found some great, never-used instrumentals that he either wrote or co-wrote, and and he decided to go into the studio and put vocals (and melodies!) over them, just like he "used to back in the old Guided By Voices days." The music spans a 20+ year period, so in essence, this is an album 20 years in the making.

Due to the span of time and body of work from which the clips were accessed, many of the classic Guided By Voices alumni appear on this album: Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, Kevin Fennell, Doug Gillard, Nate Farley.

This is the most fun Pollard album in years. It plays like an old-time radio show with recurring song lead-ins by two "guest DJs." "Love Your Spaceman," co-written by Pollard and ex-GBV drummer Kevin March, is one of those instant Bob-classics that will surely wind up on various Best of Bob comps down the line. "Peacock" has a bluesy, Stones-like feel to it that recalls early Guided By Voices live basement recordings. The album's closer, "More Hot Dogs Please," is flat-out screaming punk rock that includes the original vocal track by Pollard recorded on the song back in the '80s.

Superman Was A Rocker is the type of release that Bob-ophiles will simply adore. Guessing when the music was originally recorded, speculating which ex-GBV member plays on what song, deciphering what's new and what's classic--it's a Bob musical puzzle ready to decode. You can bet if Superman was a rocker, he would have loved this album!

30-second MP3 excerpts:

Another Man's Blood
Go Down First
Back to the Farm
Substitute Heaven
Prince Alphabet
You Drove The Snake Crazy
Surveillance
Fascination Attempt
Love Your Spaceman
Jumping
St. Leroy

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This title is also available for download at AmazonMP3

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Pollard recently poured through a bunch of old cassette tapes and found some great, never-used instrumentals that he either wrote or co-wrote, and and he decided to go into the studio and put vocals (and melodies!) over them, just like he "used to back in the old Guided By Voices days." The music spans a 20+ year period, so in essence, this is an album 20 years in the making.

Due to the span of time and body of work from which the clips were accessed, many of the classic Guided By Voices alumni appear on this album: Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, Kevin Fennell, Doug Gillard, Nate Farley.

This is the most fun Pollard album in years. It plays like an old-time radio show with recurring song lead-ins by two "guest DJs." "Love Your Spaceman," co-written by Pollard and ex-GBV drummer Kevin March, is one of those instant Bob-classics that will surely wind up on various Best of Bob comps down the line. "Peacock" has a bluesy, Stones-like feel to it that recalls early Guided By Voices live basement recordings. The album's closer, "More Hot Dogs Please," is flat-out screaming punk rock that includes the original vocal track by Pollard recorded on the song back in the '80s.

Superman Was A Rocker is the type of release that Bob-ophiles will simply adore. Guessing when the music was originally recorded, speculating which ex-GBV member plays on what song, deciphering what's new and what's classic--it's a Bob musical puzzle ready to decode. You can bet if Superman was a rocker, he would have loved this album!

30-second MP3 excerpts:

Another Man's Blood
Go Down First
Back to the Farm
Substitute Heaven
Prince Alphabet
You Drove The Snake Crazy
Surveillance
Fascination Attempt
Love Your Spaceman
Jumping
St. Leroy

If you have a recent version of iTunes software on your computer, clicking on the link immediately below should open the iTunes application and take you to that album's iTunes page-- where you can listen to samples and buy this album, or individual tracks:

Go to iTunes to browse downloads for Robert Pollard "Superman Was A Rocker"

If you have a subscription account at emusic.com, you can download tracks for purchase here.

This title is also available for download at AmazonMP3

For a complete listing of Midheaven exclusive albums available for download from the iTunes Music Service and emusic, please visit the Midheaven Mailorder/Revolver USA Downloadables page.

Silverfish Trivia finds Pollard once again in the studio with producer and musical partner Todd Tobias. The results sound different from anything they've done before. A mini-LP-- seven songs in twenty-two minutes-- Silverfish Trivia is lush with the beautiful string arrangements courtesy of Chris George of NYC-based string quartet Invert.

Powered by tracks like "Circle Saw Boys Club" and "Cats Love A Parade," and overflowing with lyrical imagery equal to Pollard's greatest works, Silverfish Trivia is destined to become another Pollard classic. So there you have it, the first release on Robert Pollard's new label, Prom Is Coming. It's called Silverfish Trivia... you know, the new Bob.

30-second MP3 excerpts:

Come Outside
Circle Saw Boys Club
Wickerman Smile
Touched To Be Sure
Waves, Etc.
Cats Love A Parade
Speak In Many Colors

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go to iTunes to browse downloads for Bob Pollard "Silverfish Trivia"

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The songs here were recorded after Pollard visited the film set in April of this year. In the vein of 2004is solo effort, Fiction Man, Bubble features Pollard naturally handling vocal and guitar duties with recent producer/collaborator Todd Tobias holding down the bass, drums, and keyboard. The six tracks featured here are best described as classic Pollard material (full-on rock songs, two of which are instrumentals ) that prove Pollard has set his sights on many great things post-GBV.

***This release marks the second EP-length release from Robert Pollard in 2005. It will precede the much-hyped and long-whispered about second installment of Suitcase from the now-defunct Guided By Voices.

30-second MP3 excerpts:

All The Men Are Freezing
747 Ego
Boring About
Search-Light Pickups
I'm No Child
747 Ego (Oh Yeah!)

• The most recent in The Fading Captain Series from Robert Pollard of Guided By Voices
• Pollard's eighth solo album
  
• Precedes new GBV album on Matador, and 10th anniversary editions of Scat catalog classics

  30-second MP3 excerpts:

  Run Son Run
  I Expect A Kill
  Sea Of Dead
  Children Come On
  The Louis Armstrong Of Rock And Roll
  Losing Usage
  Built To Improve
  Paradise Style
  Conspiracy Of Owls
  It's Only Natural
  Trial Of Affliction And Light Sleeping
  Every Word In The World
  Night Of The Golden Underground
  Their Biggest Win

30-second MP3 excerpts:

Dr. Fuji And Henry Charleston (Zoom Variation)
Have A Nice Day Mr. Clay
Catherine From Mid-October
Zoom (It Happens All Over The World)

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