Friday, December 04, 2020

RE:SCORE - Guided By Voices: Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft: DISC THREE (2000)

TOTAL SCORE: 47, AVG: 1.88

Though not the case when I typed up my original post on Disc 3 of Suitcase, today its claim to fame is probably the four songs that all not only ended up redone as great Boston Spaceships songs, but also all ended up on the same album (Zero to 99). Meddle, A Good Circuitry Soldier, Exploding Anthills, and Trashed Aircraft are all here in early demo-like form, and though Carnival at the Morning Star School wasn't redone with the Boston Spaceships (though they did play it live once), I feel like it should have been...

    Tuesday, December 01, 2020

    RE:SCORE - Guided By Voices: Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft: DISC TWO (2000)

    TOTAL SCORE: 50, AVG: 2.00

    Again please see my original post for Disc 2 on Suitcase since I am not going to rehash all the detail on this re:score post. For me, the stand-out track on Disc 2 of Suitcase is still Supermarket the Moon, which holds a place among the dark and slow (or ballad-like) songs in the GBV catalog. Similar to James Riot, Shrine to the Dynamic Years is another Do the Collapse era outtake that just screams for an updated studio take so fans can really enjoy it without the middling recording...