Photo by Eirik Lande

On January 1, Guided by Voices will release Let's Go Eat the Factory, the band's first proper record since 2004's Half Smiles of the Decomposed, and the first since 1996 with the "classic lineup" of Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout, Greg Demos, Mitch Mitchell, and Kevin Fennell. It's out on the band's own GBV Inc. label in North America and Fire Records internationally. The first track, "The Unsinkable Fats Domino", is now streaming at Pollard's website, and will be released on November 22 as a 7" single from Matador. __

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