Because putting out a million albums with Guided By Voices isn't enough, the band's guitarist Doug Gillard is announcing a new solo record. Parallel Stride arrives in April, and we're getting a taste with the lead single "Face Of Smiles."
About the song, Gillard says, "Disparate imagery converges to tell the story of someone experiencing a sense of loss. The other person’s awareness of astronomical events sparks a similar curiosity in the narrator, who also happened to come up with a weird riff that morphed into an early Teenage Fanclub-type groove."
He adds about the accompanying video:
The video captures a typical day wherein I commute across NYC for a recording with engineer Tom Beaujour where I’m joined by Dave Hill on bass and Ray Kubian on drums. Tom also presents me with a "Dan Smith Will Teach You Guitar" flyer in his studio, which for some reason I never saw when I recorded a lot of this album there The flyer is a long-running NYC legend, having been posted around the city for over 20 years.
Check it out below.
TRACKLIST:
01 "Face Of Smiles"
02 "Parallel Stride"
03 "Yes She Loves Me"
04 "Until I See You Again"
05 "Lost Alarmists"
06 "New Vista"
07 "My Friends"
08 "Saving My Life Every Day"
09 "Western Or Larabee"
10 "Cannons"
11 "She Showed Me The Earth"
Parallel Stride is out 4/24 on Dromedary. Pre-order it here.
