Description

Robert Pollard: “I’m a student of hooks. That perfect combination of a lyric and a chord pattern that gives you that chill up the back of your spine.” Thick Rich And Delicious overflows with hooks. It plays through front-to-back like a power pop classic, but don’t misconstrue pop for soft. The basic tracks were cut live and hot to tape and are presented with minimal overdubs. The band recorded in a Brooklyn studio at extreme volumes, conjuring the spontaneity and electric energy of their legendary live show. Complimenting Pollard’s lead vocals, harmonies are sung by Grammy-nominated Bobby Bare Jr and Pollard (aka “The Self-Righteous Bros”). The sound delivers on the album’s titular promise-thick, rich and delicious. Pollard combines a new batch of songs with a basket of unrecorded gems dating back to the band’s nascent years. The chorus of “Oxford Talawanda” contains a never-used hook that Pollard has been singing for nearly his entire life. With Thick Rich And Delicious, you can get that satisfaction.

• Tracks

• 1Babies and Gentlemen
• 2(You Can’t Go Back to) Oxford Talawanda
• 3Phantasmagoric Upstarts
• 4Lucy’s World
• 5Our Man Syracuse
• 6Mother John
• 7Dance of the Picnic Ants
• 8Xeno Urban
• 9A Tribute to Beatle Bob
• 10Replay
• 11Siren
• 12The Lighthouse Resurrection
• 13A. Glum Swoboda
• 14Ozark Ivanho
• 15Captain Kangaroo Won the War

• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: Rock
• Released: 2025-10-31