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Montreal Mirror
April 12 2001
Lorraine Carpenter

Guided By Voices
Isolation Drills   
TVT


Yes, it's another album from Ohio's favourite teenage band--teenage meaning
they've been at it since Britney was in diapers. However, GBV has yet to be
afflicted with maturity: Doug Gillard's ballsy riffing and frontman Bob
Pollard's head-bopping pop melodies are as immediate as a sugar rush. Some
complex song structures and intricate guitar melodies reveal the level of
experience these songwriters/musicians have, but they have neither softened
nor gone muso. A pack of pop tunes ("Glad Girls") contrast the depressive
fare ("How's My Drinking"), but both styles are nicely crafted and worthy of
repeated listens.