The authorized biography of Robert Pollard, indie rock and roll icon and founder of the group Guided By Voices

Robert Pollard is a staple of the indie rock and roll scene since the early ’80s, together with his music group Guided By Voices. Pollard was a longtime grade school teacher who toiled endlessly on his music, finding success only after implementing a do-it-yourself strategy, counting on lo-fi home recordings for much of his and his band’s profession. A prolific artist, Pollard continues to churn out album about Nearer You Are: THE STORYPLOT of Robert Pollard and Led By Voices after album, much to the acclaim of critics and his obsessive and devoted followers. But his tale hasn’t been faithfully told in its entirety. Until now.

Author Matthew Cutter is a longtime friend of Pollard and, with Pollard’s blessing, he’s attempt to tell the whole, true tale of Guided By Voices. Nearer You Are is the initial book to consider an detailed look at the guy behind everything, with interviews executed by the writer with Pollard’s friends, family members, and bandmates, along with unfettered access to Pollard himself and his intensive archives.

Robert Pollard has had an amazing and seemingly endless profession in rock music, but he’s also established himself like a consummate designer who works on his own terms. Now supporters can at long last learn the entire story behind one of America’s very best living songwriters.