Guided By Voices Mag Earwhig

4 Stars (out of 5) - "...Guided by Voices continue to pursue new avenues of growth....proving that they can play it clear and straight if they want to--without losing who they are."
7 (out of 10) - "...While Pollard's songwriting still conjures up Dada hangover imagery...and the tunes still seem timed with an eye towards blipvert licensing..., MAG EARWHIG! is grand and encompassing. It's less an absurdist A HARD DAY'S NIGHT than a smart, silly, surreal Night Ranger..."
"...The new players may be younger, geekier, and less fun to watch on stage, but they can whip out a mean anthemic-pop tune at least as well as the guys in GbV's previous incarnation." - Rating: A
"...MAG EARWHIG! is the biggest, baddest, unyielding rawk LP"s worth of tuneage ever committed to the GBV discocraphy..."
"...Thankfully, [Robert Pollard] employs prudence with the borrowed big rock vibe, driving it only when he needs it to crank up a track that's begging for it..."