Space Gun (album)

Space Gun is the 26th studio album by American indie rock band Guided by Voices. It was released on March 23, 2018 under Guided by Voices, Inc.^[7][8]

Space Gun
Studio album by Guided by Voices
Released	March 23, 2018
Studio	Serious Business Music in Brooklyn, New York and The Stillwater River Lodge in Dayton, Ohio
Genre	Indie rock[1]
Length	38:55
Label	Rockathon Records Guided By Voices, Inc.
Guided by Voices chronology
How Do You Spell Heaven (2017) Space Gun (2018) Zeppelin Over China (2019)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	77/100[2]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Exclaim!	7/10[3]
PopMatters	7/10[4]
The Skinny	[5]
Under the Radar	7/10[6]

This album was recorded and mixed by Travis Harrison at Serious Business Music, NY, and Stillwater River Lodge^[9]

Critical reception

Space Gun was met with "generally favorable" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 77, based on 12 reviews.^[2] Aggregator Album of the Year gave the release a 72 out of 100 based on a critical consensus of 14 reviews.^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Space Gun"	4:18
2.	"Colonel Paper"	1:59
3.	"King Flute"	1:22
4.	"Ark Technician"	2:18
5.	"See My Field"	2:47
6.	"Liars' Box"	2:49
7.	"Blink Blank"	3:25
8.	"Daily Get-Ups"	1:35
9.	"Hudson Rake"	1:44
10.	"Sport Component National"	2:48
11.	"I Love Kangaroos"	3:07
12.	"Gray Spat Matters"	1:28
13.	"That's Good"	3:15
14.	"Flight Advantage"	2:23
15.	"Evolution Circus"	3:36
Total length:		38:55

All tracks are written by Robert Pollard

Personnel

• Robert Pollard – lead and backing vocals
• Doug Gillard – guitar, backing vocals on "Sport Component National"
• Bobby Bare Jr. – guitar
• Mark Shue – bass guitar, backing vocals on "Sport Component National"
• Kevin March – drums

References

1. Deming, Mark. "Space Gun - Guided by Voices - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
2. "Space Gun by Guided by Voices". Metacritic. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
3. Shiblaq, Ayla (March 19, 2018). "Exclaim! Review". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
4. Garratt, John (March 23, 2018). "Guided by Voices, the Band That (Almost) Never Sleeps Gives Us One 2018 Album". PopMatters. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
5. Drever, Ryan (March 20, 2018). "the Skinny Review". The Skinny. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
6. Rushbury, Ian (March 27, 2018). "Under the Radar Review". Under the Radar. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
7. Scahtz, Lake (December 9, 2017). "Guided By Voices announce new album, Space Gun, share the title track". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
8. Thiessen, Brock (December 8, 2017). "Guided By Voices Announce New Album 'Space Gun'". Exclaim!. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
9. "GBVDB - Space Gun". GBVDB.
10. "Album of the Year Review". Album of the Year. Retrieved February 22, 2024.