Under The Bushes Under The Stars

Rolling Stone (4/4/96, p.60) - 3 Stars (out of 5) - "...Stunning tracks like `Cut -Out Witch,' `Underwater Explosions' and `Bright Paper Werevolves' sound as if they were recorded while the passion was still flowing and scribbled notebook paper was still lying on the floor of the rehearsal space..." Spin (5/96, p.104) - 6 (out of 10) - "...GBV continue to thrive on willful imperfection..." Entertainment Weekly (3/29/96, p.64) - "...singer Robert Pollard writes the best melodies around, and his lyrics are consistently breathtaking in their surrealistic beauty." - Rating: B+ Alternative Press (5/96, p.78) - 4 (out of 5) - "...there are too many great songs here to digest in one sitting, with each track revealing its own peculiar charm and hook..." Option (7-8/96, p.107) - "...that they've changed their sound little to cope with their sudden hepness is to their credit: UNDER THE BUSHES, despite its purported semi hi-fi origins, sounds only vaguely more polished than, say, BEE THOUSAND, and easily as fine..." Musician (6/96, p.84) - "...GBV delivers melancholy Beatlemania through the sound of a crummy transistor radio. Still there are gems that resist the band's attempts to camouflage their brilliance..." New York Times (Publisher) (3/31/96, sec.2, p.32) - "...Robert Pollard continues to pour out songs that could hold their own as Beatles outtakes....The melodies are winsome and tied to the trusty guitars of 1960's-style Mersey beat and folk-rock. And the words mix brilliant non sequiturs with flashes of psychological clarity..." NME (Magazine) (3/23/96, p.47) - 8 (out of 10) - "...Songs so undeniably strong that most bands would pump them up into epic show-stoppers are tossed off as if they were stoned doodles. The result is a crazed, catchy and enjoyably frustrating experience..."