Lord of the Birdcage

Lord of the Birdcage
Studio album by Robert Pollard
Released June 7, 2011
Genre indie rock
Label Guided by Voices Inc.
Producer Todd Tobias
Robert Pollard chronology

Space City Kicks
(2011)
Lord of the Birdcage
(2011)
Mouseman Cloud
(2012)

Lord of the Birdcage is the 16th full-length solo studio album released by singer-songwriter Robert Pollard since 1996. It is scheduled for a June 7, 2011 release.[1]

Pollard has inverted his usual songwriting method for this album, basing the each track around a previously written poem.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Smashed Middle Finger"
  2. "Aspersion"
  3. "Dunce Codex"
  4. "Garden Smarm"
  5. "You Can't Challenge Forward Progress"
  6. "In a Circle"
  7. "You Sold Me Quickly"
  8. "The Focus (Burning)"
  9. "Ribbon of Fat"
  10. "Silence Before Violence"
  11. "Holy Fire"
  12. "Ash Ript Telecopter"

References

  1. "New Release: Robert Pollard: Lord of the Birdcage". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2011-04-22.
  2. "Guided By Voices Database". GBVDB. Retrieved 2011-04-22.