Guided by Voices "Strut Of Kings" 2025-07-25 with Pitchfork giving it's deluxe

with Pitchfork giving it's deluxe reissue the "Best New Reissue" title

Folk and Country influences

Riffs brood and sparkle over crystalline synths

Kim’s early hits on Mickie Most’s RAK Records blend angsty new wave energy with the innate pop sensibility she shares with her chief collaborators

Following Dilla's childhood friend (and longtime collaborator) Frank Nitty (Of Frank N' Dank) was a part of a group of confidants

Guided by Voices "Strut Of Kings" 2025-07-25 with Pitchfork giving it's deluxeBuilding on forty years years of GBV history, the majestic and triumphant Strut Of Kings is the forty first album by indie rock royalty Guided By Voices. Largely recorded in Kings County, New York (Brooklyn), the album is perhaps a gesture towards the malevolent kings on the world stage. As the Serene King waltzes across the battlefield, Emperor Pollard evokes castles, King Kong and strutting roosters, a surreal yet regal journey.