Guided By Voices - English Little League Singles Sampler by FIRE RECORDS published on 2013-04-17T14:51:41Z English Little League-the fourth album from the reunited "classic" line-up of Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout, Greg Demos, Mitch Mitchell and Kevin Fennell-hums like angry birds along the full spectrum of rock's highways and byways (especially the byways), from rock to roll and back again. Pollard's rebus system of songwriting (sounds made visible, abstract concepts symbolized) strung like fairy lights from the opening song "Xeno Pariah" to the galvanic closer "With Glass In Foot," kettles along at full steam throughout, punctuated by the airier constructs of Tobin Sprout ("The Sudden Death of Epstein's Ways," with it's sweet/creepy emphatic refrain of "Jesus," is a particular standout). Deeper and less immediately accessible than last year's Class Clown Spots a UFO (for instance), but no less richly striated with layers of musical goo, this album is as much the work of a guild of master craftsmen as of a singular visionary genius. ELL (fookin' 'ell!) travels from hieroglyphic to hieratic smoother than a pharaoh's cartouche, and if the quadratic equation that runs through the middle of the record from "Crybaby Four Star Hotel" to "Birds" doesn't solve every problem in your life then you've got actual problems. http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=release&releaseid=00000001012 Genre Indie Rock Contains tracks Guided By Voices - Flunky Minnows by FIRE RECORDS published on 2013-04-17T14:51:41Z Guided By Voices - Islands (She Talks In Rainbows) by FIRE RECORDS published on 2013-04-17T14:51:41Z Guided By Voices - Trash Can Full of Nails by FIRE RECORDS published on 2013-04-17T14:51:41Z Guided By Voices - Xeno Pariah by FIRE RECORDS published on 2013-04-17T14:51:41Z Guided By Voices - Noble Insect by FIRE RECORDS published on 2013-04-17T14:51:42Z