Mag Earwhig! is a 1997 (see 1997 in music) album release by indie rock band… Read Full Bio ↴Mag Earwhig! is a 1997 (see 1997 in music) album release by indie rock band Guided by Voices. Following the dissolution of the "classic lineup," band-leader Robert Pollard hired Cleveland rockers Cobra Verde and formed a new GBV unit. This move was somewhat controversial among GBV fans, especially those who were loyal to the lo-fi lineups stretching back to the mid-1980s.
Mag Earwhig! is a step-up in production from the band's trademark lo-fi sound; the Matador Records description of the record mentions that a first set of tracks were recorded with "a real producer," former Reivers leader John Croslin (who also produced Spoon's early records, and who is credited on this record as engineer rather than producer).
A second session included "spontaneous, basement-sounding stuff." While the album includes a few tracks with the classic lineup ("Jane of the Waking Universe" being the last), the so-called "Guided by Verde" grouping is the album's dominant force.
Mag Earwhig as a rock opera
Mag Earwhig! is a rock opera according to GBV frontman Robert Pollard. In the words of the band's press release for the album:
"Pollard is the main character in this sprawling narrative, an insectile cartoon figure named the Magnificent Earwhig, who interacts with a wild cast of characters in songs evoking nostalgiac memories of an Ohio boyhood, starting one's first band, and inhaling American roadside pop culture."
The press release also goes on to state that "despite the progressive conceptual 70's mindset informing this project, the record is still a collection of beautifully twisted pop songs and can be listened to as either an opera or just a series of rock arias."
Mag Earwhig! is a step-up in production from the band's trademark lo-fi sound; the Matador Records description of the record mentions that a first set of tracks were recorded with "a real producer," former Reivers leader John Croslin (who also produced Spoon's early records, and who is credited on this record as engineer rather than producer).
A second session included "spontaneous, basement-sounding stuff." While the album includes a few tracks with the classic lineup ("Jane of the Waking Universe" being the last), the so-called "Guided by Verde" grouping is the album's dominant force.
Mag Earwhig as a rock opera
Mag Earwhig! is a rock opera according to GBV frontman Robert Pollard. In the words of the band's press release for the album:
"Pollard is the main character in this sprawling narrative, an insectile cartoon figure named the Magnificent Earwhig, who interacts with a wild cast of characters in songs evoking nostalgiac memories of an Ohio boyhood, starting one's first band, and inhaling American roadside pop culture."
The press release also goes on to state that "despite the progressive conceptual 70's mindset informing this project, the record is still a collection of beautifully twisted pop songs and can be listened to as either an opera or just a series of rock arias."
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Mag Earwhig!
Guided by Voices Lyrics
Are You Faster? near a distant sea her clear yellow eyes are opening to pink…
Bomb in the Bee-Hive Here I go around the blame Here I go with hand…
Bulldog Skin I played the part I played the start I made…
Can't Hear the Revolution Can't hear the revolution God rolls the sun As he walks down…
Choking Tara Days into weeks She rattled my mind We stayed out all week A…
Hollow Cheek In the silver waters We race each new morning In the vegetab…
I Am a Tree Let's gather around See it now Disappear that man Off in the…
I Am Produced am pressed, printed, stomped And strategically removed I am …
Jane of the Waking Universe Jane of the waking universe! A wrinkled rose snapped back…
Knock 'Em Flyin' When you're called to the plow You will always slide inside…
Learning to Hunt You were a child reaching out brave and true For big…
Little Lines They should never take you away Not with all the little…
Mag Earwhig! Blessed is the way to a man's heart Quite so even…
Mute Superstar I see them in the dark Fairy wings are green…
Not Behind the Fighter Jet Militant babies came to me And tole me don't be afraid…
Now to War There is no boy in me now There is no time…
Portable Men's Society Makes good sense to me Proud men wear it only…
Sad If I Lost It Strikes me as an animal And now gone kissing But…
The Colossus Crawls West It's too late now she's got me dreaming Without you there…
The Finest Joke Is Upon Us Mother, feeling your hand I Believe you and I did then And…
The Old Grunt Firmly rooted and quite hellbent The old grunt packs up the…