Boston Spaceships: Our Cubehouse Still Rocks (Guided By Voices Inc.)

Boston Spaceships

Our Cubehouse Still Rocks

Guided By Voices Inc.

Aug 18, 2010 Boston Spaceships By Frank Valish

With Boston Spaceships, Robert Pollard has found his best band since Guided By Voices. Consisting of Pollard, Chris Slusarenko (Guided By Voices), and John Moen (The Decemberists), Boston Spaceships is releasing its fourth album in just a little over two years, and the band seems to be hitting its stride. All of this is relative of course, because, of the trio, Moen is the only one not to have played with Pollard in some form or fashion before this group; Pollard is not exactly a one-band man. But if we put aside for a moment the fact that Pollard has not simply disbanded one group and formed another—the man writes more prolifically than probably anyone in history and doles out songs to different projects as they dictate—one can almost feel Boston Spaceships congealing as a unit on Our Cubehouse. And that cubehouse certainly does rock.

With Boston Spaceships, Pollard keeps his eccentricities somewhat at bay (talk of “telekinetic newlyweds” and the like notwithstanding), concentrating instead on primal rock and roll, and kicking ass and taking names. Listening to Our Cubehouse, you might forget that Pollard is over 50. The youthful vim and vigor channeled through that oft-referenced Who obsession is palpable. Which is part of the fun with Pollard. He is truly a man for every season. For your straight-ahead rock and roll fix, choose Boston Spaceships. (www.bostonspaceships.com)

Author rating: 6/10

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astral city slicker
September 23rd 2010
2:19pm

this review seemed to hint at a better score than 6/10… maybe it’s just me but i find very little wrong with this spaceships album!!!

Federico
January 25th 2014
9:50pm

Hi Matthew. I emailed back and forth with Sarah Hunt at Audiosocket tnriyg to ID one of your songs. *Anything* is on the featured list at Animoto. But it shows as being on your Goodbye EP. And I sorta could tell it wasn’t you singing. So anyway, she said she’s reached out to you about how I might acquire the song. Just wanted to say hi and thanks.

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