Robert Pollard Is Off to Business

2008 solo album from the founding father of Indie Rock and Guided By Voices leader. With ten songs in 35 minutes, it's an extraordinary Rock tour-de-force. Robert Pollard Is Off to Business sports Todd Tobias's cleanest and meanest production yet, giant songs and riffs that pack a wallop, and arguably Pollard's finest singing ever captured on record. For Pollard, whose albums normally run 15-25 songs, this ten-song work is a departure from form. He's definitely turned up the Rock 10% and the Classic 11% on this album. Extraordinarily influential, Pollard is not just a founding father of indie rock, but in the long run will prove to be an important part of rock history, with a significant oeuvre that branches from the Who, Peter Gabriel-era Genesis, Wire, and the Clean.