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Please Be Honest

Guided By Voices

Please Be Honest

Latest release from the prolific Dayton, Ohio indie rock band featuring Robert Pollard on all instruments

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6.2

Label
GBV Inc
UK Release date
22/04/2016
US Release date
22/04/2016
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  1. 8.3 |   A.V. Club

    While Please Be Honest can’t quite rank with the best of Guided By Voice’s output, it’s a solid, rewarding record that more than lives up to the band’s namesake

  2. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    This time around it's more about what the latest incarnation of Guided By Voices isn't than what it is, but at this point in Pollard's career, we'll take it
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  3. 7.0 |   All Music

    Please Be Honest really does honor the sound of the band as much as the skills of its frontman and founder
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  4. 7.0 |   Gig Soup

    Proves lo-fi aesthetics can still be powerful and relevant, though perhaps indie-rock veteran Robert Pollard should have been more honest and released it as a solo artist
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  5. 6.8 |   Earbuddy

    If you want to get in, snag the pop, and get out, there are a few tracks here that deliver
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  6. 6.7 |   Pretty Much Amazing

    The songs on Please Be Honest are in keeping with the constant state of evolution and experimentation of most GBV albums
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  7. 6.5 |   Beardfood

    While it’s lacking the catchy hooks that gives an X factor to the band’s garage sound, it’s a quick little flashback to their earlier days
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  8. 6.0 |   Spectrum Culture

    Please Be Honest is the latest in a line of impressive latter-day GBV records
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  9. 5.9 |   Pitchfork

    Pollard seems simply to have finished a new batch of songs and decided they sounded like a Guided by Voices record—a strikingly anti-climatic backstory for the return of such a legendary act
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  10. 5.8 |   Consequence Of Sound

    The sharpest points on the record come when Pollard gets to be the eccentric, indie rock guitar god that he’s always deserved to be
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  11. 4.0 |   PopMatters

    If you’re deeply invested in the Guided by Voices catalogue this record won’t disappoint you. You’re getting exactly what they’re selling
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  12. 4.0 |   NOW

    Pollard is still capable of excellence. But it doesn't happen here often enough
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