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Planets Are Blasted

Boston Spaceships

Planets Are Blasted

GBV Inc
LP $16.00

03/03/2009 655035080512 

GBVI 05 


CD $13.00

03/03/2009 655035080529 

GBVI 05 CD 


MP3 $9.90

03/03/2009 655035080529 

 


Following a four-star review in Mojo and a successful whirlwind US tour, Boston Spaceships return to Earth just five months later with their sophomore album!  
 
Chris Slusarenko (Guided By Voices, Sprinkler) and John Moen (Decemberists, Elliott Smith) have never been so impressive. Robert Pollard himself was sequestered in Dayton, Ohio for nearly two years without touring, concentrating on his songwriting and artwork. The trio's efforts are readily apparent on The Planets Are Blasted. 
 
This nuanced and transcendent rock album culminates with four of Pollard's best songs yet. The majestic and metaphorical "Queen of Stormy Weather," who threatens to "pee on my parade," is followed by "The Town That's After Me," which combines acoustic, electric guitar and strings to stunning effect. "Sight on Sight," a four-minute mini-epic, detours to otherworldly chants, echoes and drones, sitars, handrums, and tambourines, but rocks like heck, and the verse of "Heavy Crown" is melodically reminiscent of the Guided By Voices hit "Everywhere With Helicopter," but Pollard ups the ante with an even better chorus and then goes over the top with a still catchier refrain.

Tracklist

  1. #1 Canned Food Demons

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  2. #2 Dorothy's A Planet

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  3. #3 Tattoo Mission

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  4. #4 Keep Me Down

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  5. #5 Big O Gets An Earful

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  6. #6 Catherine From Mid October

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  7. #7 Headache Revolution

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  8. #8 Sylph

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  9. #9 UFO Love Letters

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  10. #10 Lake Of Fire

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  11. #11 Queen Of Stormy Weather

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  12. #12 The Town That's After Me

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  13. #13 Sight On Sight

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  14. #14 Heavy Crown

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