How Do You Spell Heaven

How Do You Spell Heaven is the 25th album to be released by lo-fi band Guided By Voices. It was released on August 11, 2017.

How Do You Spell Heaven
Studio album by Guided by Voices
Released	August 11, 2017 (2017-08-11)
Recorded	2017
Studio	Serious Business Music in Brooklyn, New York and The Stillwater River Lodge in Dayton, Ohio
Genre	Indie rock, lo-fi
Length	37:04
Label	Rockathon Records
Guided by Voices chronology
August by Cake (2017) How Do You Spell Heaven (2017) Space Gun (2018)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	75/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork	7.4/10
AllMusic

It was recorded and mixed by Travis Harrison at Serious Business Music, NY, and Stillwater Lodge.

Track listing

All tracks were written by Robert Pollard, except "Pearly Gates Smoke Machine" by Doug Gillard & Pollard.

1. "The Birthday Democrats" – 2:30
2. "King 007" – 2:51
3. "Boy W" – 2:33
4. "Steppenwolf Mausoleum" – 3:21
5. "Cretinous Number Ones" – 1:45
6. "They Fall Silent" – 0:55
7. "Diver Dan" – 2:03
8. "How to Murder a Man (In 3 Acts)" – 2:43
9. "Pearly Gates Smoke Machine" – 4:02
10. "Tenth Century" – 2:37
11. "How Do You Spell Heaven" – 1:52
12. "Paper Cutz" – 2:36
13. "Low Flying Perfection" – 2:36
14. "Nothing Gets You Real" – 2:23
15. "Just to Show You" – 2:17

Personnel

• Bobby Bare Jr. – guitar
• Doug Gillard – guitar
• Kevin March – drums
• Robert Pollard – vocals
• Mark Shue – bass guitar