Robert Pollard tells us about Guided by Voices’ “Lucy’s World” from upcoming album ‘Thick, Rich and Delicious’

Guided by Voices release new album Thick, Rich and Delicious on October 31 and here’s a new song from it. “Lucy’s World” is the third Robert Pollard song to feature a Lucy in the title, with The Keene Brothers’ “Island Of Lost Lucys” in 2006 and Boston Spaceships’ “Tabby And Lucy” in 2011 being the others.

“There could be a connection between all of them if you want it to be,” Bob tells us. “That’s interesting. The continuing saga of Lucy or ‘the Lucys’ or the Lucy trilogy. Actually the original title for ‘Lucy’s World’ was ‘Goofy Girl.’ I thought changing it to ‘Lucy’s World’ would sound a little more pleasant. I’m glad I did that.”

“I’ve known only one Lucy in my life,” when asked if many Lucys have been part of his life and if his songs were inspired by real people. “She was my great aunt and she actually went by Lucille. Real people do sometimes inspire my lyrics but mostly the characters in my songs are fictional. I just use names that have a nice ring. Most of them come to me rather spontaneously or maybe they were written down in a notebook or something. Sometimes they’re the actual names of friends or acquaintances. Sometimes I steal them from characters in books or movies. They come to me in a variety of ways.”

As for the musical side of “Lucy’s World,” Doug Gillard adds, “It’s two-and a-half minutes of power-pop tinged goodness written by Robert Pollard and one of my personal faves on the album – hooky as all get-out, with great lines like ‘Lucy’s world conceals your fate / crystal clearance is not too late.’”

“Lucy’s World” premieres here and you can listen below.