Guided by Voices announces 45th album Speculations and Gossip

Guided by Voices has released the album Speculations and Gossip, scheduled for release on January 22, 2027. The album is out on Guided By Voices Inc. It follows Crawlspace of the Pantheon, which the band released earlier in the year, before recording its next album.

The first single from Speculations and Gossip is titled "Designed For Use", and it was released on the day of the Stereogum article. The album tracklist includes sixteen songs, beginning with "My Cartoon" and ending with "Solar Systems".

Robert Pollard said he watched Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time over and over while making the album, according to Rolling Stone. Pollard said that in making the album he gave each musician genre references such as post punk, pop, prog, psych or combinations, rather than specific parts. Pollard said the band recorded remotely, with each member developing his own approach to sound, fidelity and instrumentation instead of playing together.