Robert Pollard has called the epic 2011 album Let It Beard 'a subconscious concept album about the sorry state of Rock 'n' Roll.' A 75-minute thrill ride through the many forms Pollard has mastered in his three-plus decades of writing and recording, it's 'the White Album meets Quadrophenia meets Jesus Christ Superstar,' in his words. Let It Beard features strings, horns, keyboards, a female soul singer and guest turns from such luminaries as Colin Newman from Wire, J Mascis from Dinosaur Jr, Steve Wynn from the Dream Syndicate, Mick Collins from The Dirtbombs, Dave Rick from Phantom Tollbooth and Mitch Mitchell from Guided By Voices.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Blind 20-20
2. Juggernaut Vs. Monolith
3. Tourist Ufo
4. Minefield Searcher
5. Make A Record For Lo-life
6. Let More Light In The House
7. You Just Can't Tell
8. Chevy Marigold
9. Earmarked For Collision
10. Toppings Take The Cake
11. Tabby And Lucy
12. (I'll Make It) Strong For You
13. A Hair In Every Square Inch Of The House
14. The Ballad Of Bad Whiskey
15. I Took On The London Guys
16. Red Bodies
17. A Dozen Blue Overcoats
18. Pincushion
19. Christmas Girl
20. Let It Beard
21. The Vicelords
22. German Field Of Shadows
23. Speed Bumps
24. No Steamboats
25. You In My Prayer
26. Inspiration Points (Shove Thy Neighbor / Human Amusements At Hourly Rates / Man Of A Thousand Worlds / Inspiration Point)