two new songs from the forthcoming guided by voices release, earthquake glue, are now available for download.

they seem just alright. "i'll replace you with machines" is a cooler title than a song and is available at gbv.com.

"my kind of soldier" is a fairly poppy, mid-tempo composition recorded with steve albini, essentially on a whim. conceived, written, recorded within two days, and now it'll be the 'single' for the record. it's availble at the matador records site.

i guess it's notable that the man's like 45 years old and still creating rock music, but i'd consider these songs, on early listening, a step down. they're nice ("soldier" moreso than "machines"), but they're not clutch-you-by-the-testicles-and-not-let-go (in a good way) nice like "over the neptune" or "pendulum" or "as we go up we go down" or "the finest joke is upon us" or "chasing heather crazy." i'll reserve judgment, of course, as the record's not out until mid-august (and therefore not due for leaking until mid-july.)