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Pitchfork 7.0/10 Following January's Let's Go Eat the Factory, GBV's second reunion LP is shorter, punchier, and livelier than its predecessor. Last time, Tobin Sprout's input felt especially triumphant. Here, it's Robert Pollard's show.

A.V. Club B The reunited “classic” line-up of famously prolific ’90s indie-rock institution Guided By Voices already issued one album in 2012, the very good Let’s Go Eat The Factory. But it wasn’t going to be a true GBV comeback until Robert Pollard corralled the old gang into putting out two reunion records in the same year. By…

The Line of Best Fit 6/10 The classic GBV lineup is back with their second release of 2012, and it's the same old story: brilliance mixed with pointlessness.

Under The Radar 6.0/10 It's difficult to put a new Guided By Voices album into context these days. Robert Pollard has established a particular context of his own, individualistic and idiosyncratic as it may be.

Clash 7/10 After a six-year break, GBV reformed in 2010 and are looking to catch up rapidly, releasing two albums in five months.