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| n/a by thephoenix.com |
Pollard has long been in the business of writing songs, but here he seems invigorated; and for the first time in a long while, his business is mixed with pleasure. |
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| n/a by www.spin.com |
Despite the invocation of those crusty legends [Guided by Voices], Business is no lo-fi throwback. |
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| n/a by Popmatters |
Robert Pollard Is Off to Business is a great return to form for Pollard. It has songs just as strong as anything on his Merge releases, but by living in these songs a little longer, this album feels more rooted and permanent than, for example, Standard Gargoyle Decisions. |
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| n/a by Pitchfork Media |
Although Business ultimately ranks as yet another less-than-legendary offering from a living indie legend, its shortcomings are much more nuanced than typical Pollard releases. |
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| n/a by www.prefixmag.com |
On Off to Business, he accomplishes another step toward canonization, making a late-period album that removes any semblance of what made him great in the first place and is a largely uninspired trip down memory lane. |
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| n/a by www.dustedmagazine.com |
His voice is a delightful constant through good writing and bad. The propeller-arms guitar rock supplied by Pollard's various flesh-and-blood bandmates tend to provide just-off-enough accompaniment, but Tobias mucks it all up. |
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| n/a by www.tinymixtapes.com |
Off to Business--released eponymously by Guided By Voices, Inc.--is the ultimate product of this trend: an album full of ebullient mid-tempo rockers, ebullient pretty guitar parts, and ebullient power drum fills. |
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