Our Cubehouse Still Rocks | ||||
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Released | 2010 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, Indie, Lo-fi | |||
Label | Guided By Voices Inc. | |||
Boston Spaceships chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (78/100) |
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Pitchfork | (7.4/10) |
Allmusic |
Our Cubehouse Still Rocks is the fourth album by the Boston Spaceships, released in 2010. [1] The title refers to a passage from Finnegans Wake , the classic modernist novel by James Joyce. This album is the highest rated Boston Spaceships release on Metacritic, exceeding Let It Beard . [2] This release is also the highest rating Robert Pollard project on the site, with his solo album, Lord Of The Birdcage, being his highest rating album in general.
All songs written by Robert Pollard.
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