Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now

Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now
Box set by
Released2009
Recorded1990s–2009
GenreRock, lo-fi, indie rock
LabelGuided By Voices, Inc.
Guided by Voices chronology
Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow
(2005)
Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now
(2009)
Let's Go Eat the Factory
(2012)
Guided by Voices Box Set chronology
Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow
(2005)
Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now
(2009)
Suitcase 4: Captain Kangaroo Won the War
(2015)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork Media(5.3/10)[1]

Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now is the third in a series of unreleased songs and instrumental sketches by the Dayton, Ohio band Guided By Voices, released on November 3, 2009 on GBV Inc. Like the previous two volumes, Suitcase 3 is a four-disc set containing 100 songs,[2] many of which are credited to fake bands such as "Kelsey Boo Flip, Heartthrob Johnson Firestone, Erotic Zip Codes and the like."[3] The fourth disc consists of impromptu acoustic jams recorded during 1994 and 1995.[2]

Track listing

Fictitious band names shown in italics.

Disc 1: The Door Is Much Smaller, You See

  1. Mr. Inspection Table - Building a Castle
  2. Explosion Topic - Tired of Knocking
  3. The Sobbers - Together/Apart
  4. Remington Ash - Away with Driver
  5. Demon Gods of Anger - Trash Truck
  6. Manners of Flash - Dropping the Bomb
  7. Remington Ash - What's So Safe About You
  8. Limited Transplitter - Troopers in the Town
  9. The Stools - Gas
  10. C.C. Rip - Watch 'Em Diggin' Up the Road
  11. Fate 1 Mile - Coastal Town
  12. Watts - Escape from Kama Loka
  13. Ben Franklin Air Bath - The Annex
  14. Major Cockamamie - Green Ivory Cross
  15. The Beautiful Orange Lemonade - Janet Wait
  16. C.C. Rip - Independent Productions
  17. Jubilant Toy Soldiers - Three White Flower
  18. Pilthy May - Juggernaut vs. Monolith
  19. The Perfect Nose Club - Feels Good
  20. Video Bearhunt - Candy Machine
  21. Dream Reaper - Air and Also a World
  22. Gel Clay - Back to the Navy
  23. The Governers - Speak Like Men
  24. Kelsey Boo Flip - Hi, I'm Kelsey
  25. Star of Hungry - No Trash Allowed

Disc 2: I Can't Think...Yeah

  1. The Flattering Lights - Raphael Muzak
  2. Service of a Bullet - Tear the Ticket in Half
  3. Search - I'm an Acting Student
  4. The Sums - I'll Come (and When It Does It's Mine)
  5. East Dayton Rock Co. - Psycholophobia
  6. East Dayton Rock Co. - Take Me Back
  7. Bruce Smitty Smith - Sonny the Monster
  8. Pilthy May - I Share a Rhythm
  9. The Sobbers - Before My Eyes
  10. Gavin Speaks - Freedom Rings
  11. Hoof - Cochise
  12. The Tallywackers - When's the Last Time
  13. Remington Ash - That's Good
  14. Pig Lucy - You Gotta Lotta Nerve
  15. Mother's Day Haircut - Vagabond Lover
  16. Fate 1 Mile - Banners
  17. Looker - 100 Colors
  18. Autobahn Damen - Old Engine Driver
  19. Gel Clay - Joe
  20. Cubscout Bowling Pins - Axtual Sectivity
  21. The Working Girls - Call Me
  22. Demon Gods of Anger - Believe It
  23. Royal Canadien Mustard - Class Clown Spots a UFO
  24. Remington Ash - You You You
  25. 10 Second Coma - Dibble

Disc 3: Thou Shall Read The Wheel

  1. Bird Shit Mosaic - Night Ears
  2. The Sobbers - Amnesia
  3. Blaine Hazel - Fly Away (Tommy Sez)
  4. Jubilant Toy Soldiers - Peace and Persecution
  5. The Constant Rushing Forward - There Are Other Worlds
  6. Knuckles And MacDougal - It's the Song
  7. Erotic Zip Codes - One Code
  8. Angel and The Alley Oops - Mainstay
  9. John Shough - Sixland
  10. Ghetto Tree - How Bridges Fall
  11. Basic Switches - A Kind of Love
  12. Naymoan Regas - Bad Whiskey
  13. Curtis E. Flush - Naked Believer (I Am)
  14. Heartless Microscopes - Out of the House
  15. Equal in Coma - Grow
  16. Psyclops - Rough Tracks
  17. Gel Clay - Nothing So Hard
  18. Bumble Gub - Piss Along You Bird
  19. Gene Autrey's Psychic - 300 Birds (Quota)
  20. The CD's - The Fire King Says No Cheating
  21. Hearthrob Johnson Firestone - Poison Shop
  22. The Worst Santini - Trader Vic
  23. History of Well Hung Men - Smothered In Hugs (4-Track Version)
  24. Aerial Poop Show - Dibble 2
  25. Kid Biscuit - Huffman Prairie Flying Field

Disc 4: Tall Tale Moon (Antiquated) And Other Known Facts - Spontaneous Lo-Fly Field Recordings

Controlled Acoustic Jams 1994 • Between The Recordings Of Bee Thousand And Alien Lanes

All credited to Guided By Voices

  1. Pluto Is Polluted
  2. Aquarian Hovercraft
  3. Brand New Star
  4. Sea-Mint Robots
  5. South Rat Observatory
  6. The Cinnamon Flavored Skull
  7. Porpoise Mitten (Was a Real Good Kitten)
  8. Mr. Spoon
  9. Hey Mr. Soundman
  10. Oh Pie
  11. Kotex Moon
  12. Bingo Pool Hall of Blood
  13. There Goes the King Again
  14. Evil Vandalia/Mojo Crew Zenith
  15. Cuddling Bozo's Octopus
  16. I Shot a Jezebel
  17. After the Quake (Let's Bake a Cake)
  18. P Melts Everything
  19. My Dad Is a Motorboat
  20. Ugly Ba Ba
  21. Hairspray Lies
  22. Sawhorse With Big Blue Ears
  23. Tough Skin River
  24. Cruise (demo)
  25. Alright (demo)

References

  1. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  2. ^ a b Dombal, Ryan (2009-08-06). "New Guided By Voices Suitcase Due". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
  3. ^ Thompson, Paul (2009-11-16). "Album Review - Guided By Voices - Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2009-12-14.