Boston Spaceships - Zero To 99

Boston Spaceships Zero to 99 is quintessential Pollard, a recordthat holds its own alongside widely acknowledged classicslike Guided By Voices Bee Thousand, Alien Lanes, and Underthe Bushes Under the Stars. One gets the sense that Pollard ishaving the most fun he s had in decades, before he was pulled reluctantlyfrom obscurity and thrust into the limelight with GBVin those heady, post-Nirvana mid-1990s. The Boston Spaceshipshave not only landed; they re conquering the goddamn planet. Is everybody happy now? Pollard defiantly screams on theopening track, as if he knows this is this record that longtimefans have been waiting for. So it s perhaps ironic that he confirmsthese suspicions with track two, How Wrong You Are, an anthemic Pollard insta-classic that proves quite quickly justhow right listeners are to get excited. From the moment the firstchorus begins, Pollard digs his hooks in deep and never lets go,culminating in a raucous sing-along reminiscent of the Youare forgiven refrain in The Who s A Quick One While He sAway. Zero to 99 barrels like a freight train from there, deliveringtrack after track of vintage Pollard pop rock, with a band more than up to the task of helping to fuel the engine. Fromthe Buzzcocks-esque guitars on Found Obstruction Rock n Rolls, to the Keith Moon-ish, Tommy-era drums of QuestionGirls All Right, to the McCartney-like bass riffs on TrashedAircraft Baby that would fit right in on Abbey Road, Zero to 99is a 37-minute feast for fans of classic pop / punk rock.

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