Pitchfork

For his second album with fellow Guided by Voices member Chris Slusarenko as the Takeovers, Robert Pollard has assembled more than even his fair share of top-shelf indie rock guests. Sure, Stephen Malkmus appears, but so does Mudhoney's Dan Peters, the Decemberists' John Moen, and Tad Doyle of defunct Sub Poppers Tad.

The new album, Bad Football, will see release June 12 on Off Records. The label is also currently hosting MP3 downloads of three tracks from the album: "Father's Favorite Temperature", "Molly & Zack", and "My Will". Plus, if you go to the Takeovers' MySpace page, you can download those three tracks and a fourth: "I Can See My Dog".

Bad Football is the follow-up to Turn to Red, one of an infinite number of albums Pollard released last year due to a deal he made with the space-time continuum in exchange for his hair color.

In other Pollard news, he, along with Tobin Sprout and other GBV-ers, will appear at Don Pedro's in Brooklyn on June 9 for the "A Salty Salute to Bee Thousand" party, honoring the classic 1994 Guided by Voices album. The shindig will also feature films, theater pieces, and author Rick Moody performing a Bee Thousand song! The party is presented by Continuum's 33 1/3 series of books about classic albums, which published Marc Woodworth's tome about Bee Thousand last year. 

Tracklist:

01 You're at It
02 Little Green Onion Man
03 Father's Favorite Temperature
04 Molly & Zack
05 Pretty Not Bad
06 Smokestack Bellowing Stars
07 I Can See My Dog
08 The Jester of Helpmeat
09 Kicks at the Gym
10 Music for Us
11 The Year Nobody Died
12 My Will