''Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department'' is a collaboration album between American indie rock musicians
Robert Pollard
Robert Ellsworth Pollard Jr. (born October 31, 1957) is an American singer and songwriter who is the leader and creative force behind indie rock group Guided by Voices. In addition to his work with Guided by Voices, he continues to have a prol ...
and
Doug Gillard
Douglas Scott Gillard (born December 23, 1965) is an American guitarist and songwriter. He has been a member of major indie pop and punk bands, most notably Guided by Voices, Nada Surf, Bambi Kino, Death of Samantha, and Cobra Verde.
Early ...
released in 1999.
For the album, Gillard recorded instrumental tracks for songs Pollard had written (along with contributing four instrumentals of his own), to which Pollard later added vocals.
The fifth track of the album, 'Do Something Real', appeared as the final soundtrack to
Steven Soderbergh
Steven Andrew Soderbergh (; born January 14, 1963) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor. A pioneer of modern independent cinema, Soderbergh is an acclaimed and prolific filmmaker.
Soderbergh's direc ...
's 2002 film
''Full Frontal''.
The two would collaborate again in 2003 under the moniker Lifeguards with the album ''
Mist King Urth
''Mist King Urth'' is the second collaboration album between American indie rock musicians Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard under the name ''Lifeguards'' released in 2003.Lifeguardsat Discogs''
Track listing
All songs written by Robert Pollard and ...
''; this time, however, Gillard composed all the instrumentals himself, with Pollard adding lyrics and vocals.
Track listing
#"Frequent Weaver Who Burns" – 2:50
#"Soul Train College Policeman" – 1:39
#"Pop Zeus" – 2:28 (Pollard, Gillard)
#"Slick as Snails" – 4:19
#"Do Something Real" – 2:55
#"Port Authority" – 4:05 (Pollard, Gillard)
#"Soft Smoke" – 0:49
#"Same Things" – 1:19
#"And I Don't" (So Now I Do) – 2:10
#"Tight Globes" – 3:07
#"I Get Rid of You" – 2:50
#"Life Is Beautiful" – 2:27
#"Messiahs" – 2:25 (Pollard, Gillard)
#"Larger Massachusetts" – 2:53 (Pollard, Gillard)
#"And My Unit Moves" – 1:41
All songs written by Robert Pollard except where noted.
Reception
Pitchfork gave the album a 7.4/10.
References
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1999 albums
Robert Pollard albums