Let It Beard

VINYL FORMAT. Robert Pollard has called the epic double album Let It Beard "a subconscious concept album about the sorry state of rock and roll." A 75-minute thrill ride through the many forms Pollard has mastered in his three-plus decades of writing and recording, it's "the White Album meets Quadrophenia meets Jesus Christ Superstar," in his words. "Meets Same Place the Fly Got Smashed," adds guitarist Chris Slusarenko. Let It Beard features strings, horns, keyboards, a female soul singer and guest turns from such luminaries as Colin Newman (Wire), J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.), Steve Wynn (the Dream Syndicate), Mick Collins (The Dirtbombs), Dave Rick (Phantom Tollbooth) and Mitch Mitchell (Guided By Voices).