Guided By Voices Premiere “Bad Love Is Easy To Do” Video; On Tour Now
“Bad Love Is Easy To Do”, the first single from Guided By Voices’ new album, Cool Planet, has a new video, starring comedians Rob Corddry, Brian Huskey, Rich Fulcher, and musician Katy Goodman. The video can be watched here.
The black-and-white Simon & Garfunkel parody video features Rob Corddry as GBV-ringleader Robert Pollard and Brian Huskey as guitarist Tobin Sprout, and is directed by Mike Postalakis, who also directed the Rob Corddry-starring video for “Planet Score” from Guided by Voices’ other 2014 release, Motivational Jumpsuit. Guided By Voices is currently out on the road for a full US Summer tour. Recorded during the sub-freezing Polar Vortex of 2014, the next Guided by Voices record is titled Cool Planet.
Robert Pollard has talked in recent months about having refined his approach to songwriting and the tunes he’s written for Cool Planet stack up against the best he’s ever done, including the hard hitting title track, which is just begging to be played live. Guitarist Tobin Sprout steps up with (among others) a Bowie-esque number (“Psychotic Crush”) and a Beatle-esque number (“All American Boy”) – it should be noted that Tobin recorded his songs for the most part at his home studio in Leland, Michigan, but they fit like Legos in the plastic palace of Cool Planet.
The tracklisting for Cool Planet, along with the scheduled dates for upcoming live shows, can be found below.
‘Cool Planet’ LP Tracklisting //
01. Authoritarian Zoo
02. Fast Crawl
03. Psychotic Crush
04. Costume Makes the Man
05. Hat of Flames
06. These Dooms
07. Table at Fool’s Tooth
08. All American Boy
09. You Get Every Game
10. Pan Swimmer
11. The Bone Church
12. Bad Love is Easy to Do
13. The No Doubters
14. Narrated by Paul
15. Cream of Lung
16. Males of Wormwood Mars
17. Ticket to Hide
18. Cool Planet
Tour Dates //
6.04.14 – Englewood, CO – The Gothic Theatre%
6.07.14 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom%
6.08.14 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox at the Market%
6.10.14 – Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theatre%
6.11.14 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom%
6.13.14 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theatre%
6.14.14 – San Diego, CA – Belly Up Tavern%
6.15.14 – Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom%
6.18.14 – Lawrence, KS – The Granada%
6.20.14 – Madison, WI – Barrymore Theatre%
6.21.14 – Chicago, IL – Green Music Festival
6.22.14 – Minneapolis, MN – Rock The Garden @ Walker Arts Center^^
7.10.14 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
7.11.14 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
8.22.14 – Huntington, NY – Paramount Theater
8.23.14 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony
11.07.14 – 11.09.14 Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest
%w/ Bobby Bare, Jr.
^^w/ Spoon & Kurt Vile
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