Universal Truths and Cycles release

After departing from TVT in 2002, Guided by Voices returned to Matador and released Universal Truths and Cycles , a departure from the previous two radio-aspiring albums, and a return to the band’s mid-90s, mid-fi aesthetic. Universal Truths producer Todd Tobias would also record the band’s final two albums for Matador. 2003 saw the release of the prog-styled Earthquake Glue , followed by the anthology box set Hardcore UFOs: Revelations, Epiphanies and Fast Food in the Western Hemisphere and the greatest hits compilation Best of Guided by Voices: Human Amusements at Hourly Rates .