Entertainment Weekly
August 10 2001
By Scott Shinder


Robert Pollard and His Soft Rock Renegades
Choreographed Man of War
#14 in the Fading Captain Series

Airport 5
Tower in the Fountain of Sparks
#13 in the Fading Captain Series

On the Soft Rock Renegades disc, obsessively prolific Guided By Voices leader Pollard reconnoiters with his former band's rhythm section for a scrappy set that has all the infectious tunemanship, bracing lo-fi crunch and cheerily impenetrable wordplay of a good GBV album. The more introspective Airport 5 reunites the singer with ex-GBV guitarist/songwriter Tobin Sprout for a brooding yet melodically winsome song cycle. 

Both B+