Time Machines
It doesn't take this song's inclusion on the Crickets Fading Captain series best-of to indicate that it's one of Robert Pollard's finest non-Guided by Voices tracks. It's a strong enough song that it would elevate any release on which it appeared. While Pollard has released a lot of filler over the years, particularly in this series, no one could accuse him of hoarding his best stuff for GBV albums.
This song and "Fair Touching" are the standouts on the sole Lexo and the Leapers release, the Ask Them EP. Pollard decided to take another crack at the latter, taking it into the studio for Isolation Drills, the result eventually leading off that album. But "Time Machines" remains a grungy, lo-fi glory.
Lexo and the Leapers is essentially Pollard backed by Dayton band the Tasties. The sound is much like what one would expect had the latter-day riff-rockin' GBV been forced to record on Tobin Sprout's 4-track with little rehearsal: ragged but right. "Time Machines" is their finest moment, a chugging rocker that points the way for GBV's core sound for the rest of that band's run.
The song also appears, in a slightly different form with different lyrics, on the first Suitcase boxed set, credited to Ben Zing, and recorded a decade before this one.
This song and "Fair Touching" are the standouts on the sole Lexo and the Leapers release, the Ask Them EP. Pollard decided to take another crack at the latter, taking it into the studio for Isolation Drills, the result eventually leading off that album. But "Time Machines" remains a grungy, lo-fi glory.
Lexo and the Leapers is essentially Pollard backed by Dayton band the Tasties. The sound is much like what one would expect had the latter-day riff-rockin' GBV been forced to record on Tobin Sprout's 4-track with little rehearsal: ragged but right. "Time Machines" is their finest moment, a chugging rocker that points the way for GBV's core sound for the rest of that band's run.
The song also appears, in a slightly different form with different lyrics, on the first Suitcase boxed set, credited to Ben Zing, and recorded a decade before this one.