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Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia
Rock · 1989 · 14 tracks

Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia

Guided by Voices

A pivotal bridge between 60s psych-pop and 90s lo-fi. Dusty 8-track recordings of basement anthems that feel like unearthed transmissions from a lost era.

1989 · Scat Records (2)

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A hazy, surrealist dreamscape that feels both deeply personal and strangely distant.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks
01
The Future Is in Eggs
3:30
02
The Great Blake Street Canoe Race
2:54
03
Slopes of Big Ugly
2:06
04
Paper Girl
2:17
05
Navigating Flood Regions
2:39
06
An Earful o’ Wax
4:22
07
White Whale
2:40
08
Trampoline
2:13
09
Short on Posters
1:47
10
Chief Barrel Belly
3:17
11
Dying to Try This
1:17
12
The Qualifying Remainder
2:55
13
Liar’s Tale
1:57
14
Radio Show (Trust the Wizard)
4:01
Moments Worth Listening For
the sudden shift into the driving, melodic hook of The Future Is in Eggs after the cryptic opening lyrics
the way the vocal harmonies on Trampoline emerge through a thick layer of tape saturation
the haunting, repetitive outro of Radio Show (Trust the Wizard) that feels like a fading transmission
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia sound next to the rest of Guided by Voices's catalogue?

Nostalgic+1.5σ

Nostalgic saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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