Guided by Voices/Cobra Verde
1997, Wabana Ore Limited
What, ANOTHER 7″? What year is this? 1994?
No, this is definitely 1997. There’s no mistaking this record for the Guided by Voices of ’94.
All of those guys were out and were replaced by an already-existing band who didn’t sound much like them. The newcomers were Cobra Verde outta Cleveland. Mean guys. City guys.
Old Guided by Voices had that small town thing happening. They were weirdos in the basement rocking while their neighbors slept.
By contrast, Cobra Verde hailed from urbanity and they kicked up the kind of confrontational roar that rises from street noise. Most of them had been in bands and put out records for as long Pollard had (a little longer, actually). They were seasoned and versatile, sometimes quiet, but often hard, mean and spiked with classic big balls 70s rock and a few splatters of punk. The also had a smokin’ lead guitarist (Doug Gillard).
In them, Robert Pollard heard the future of Guided by Voices.
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