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Brighten the Corners [ Matador Records / CD - released 21/Jan/2021 ] Pavement's fourth proper LP seems to be a direct response to anyone who thought 1995's "Wowee Zowee" sealed a downward spiral from indie-pop heroes to incomprehensible, in-joke nonconformists. On "Brighten The Corners", the rock hero in Pavement... |
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Brighten the Corners (LP) [ Matador Records / LP - released 29/Jan/2021 ] There's a difference between accessibility and focus, which Pavement illustrate with their fourth album, Brighten the Corners. Arriving on the heels of the glorious mess of Wowee Zowee, the cohesive sound and laid-back sarcasm of... |
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Slanted & Enchanted (30th Anniversary Edition LP) [ Matador / LP - released 12/Aug/2022 ] The iconic 1992 album from Pavement is available on limited red and white splatter vinyl for the album's 30th anniversary. Slanted & Enchanted remains a truly monumental album - one that defined/ruined a generation and a genre, depending on who... |
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Slanted & Enchanted (Reissue LP) [ Matador Records / LP - released 23/Apr/2010 ] 1992's "Slanted And Enchanted", arguably the first and best release of 90s 'slacker rock', felt like a compendium of all the very best post-punk moments from the previous fifteen years as well as a surprising new combination of wit, absurdism, noise... |
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Terror Twilight (LP) [ Matador / LP - released 1/Jan/2001 ] Where 1997's "Brighten The Corners" saw Stephen Malkmus and his merry band of indie rock pranksters shine a light on the band's rock-centric qualities, "Terror Twilight" harkens back to 95's "Wowee Zowee", when Pavement were all about the shambolic... |
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Westing (By Musket And Sextant) (LP) [ Matador / LP - released 15/Jul/2022 ] 'Westing (By Musket And Sextant)' is a compilation of Pavement's early EPs 'Slay Tracks' (1933-1969), 'Demolition Plot J-7' and 'Perfect Sound Forever', together with the three tracks from the 'Summer Babe' single and two further tracks that had only... |
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Wowee Zowee (LP) [ Matador Records / 2 LP - released 15/Jun/2012 ] "Wowee Zowee", originally released by Matador in April 1995 on the eve of Pavement's infamous mud-bespattered mainstage appearance at Lollapalooza, began life as a controversial release. Fresh off the success of "Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain" with... |
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Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (LP) [ Matador Records / LP - released 15/Jun/2012 ] Originally released in 1994, this was Pavement's second album, and it signalled the end of Pavement seeing themselves as a recording experiment and the beginning of Pavement as a full-time touring band. One of the casualties of this change was the... |
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Quarantine The Past (LP) [ Matador Records / 2 LP - released 29/Jan/2021 ] These tracks span the entirety of Pavement's career from 1989 to 1999, from the scratchy and mysterious sounds of their early vinyl-only releases to the rich, multi-layered warmth of their final recordings. Although the compilation does not include... |
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Quarantine the Past - Greatest Hits [ Matador Records / CD - released 8/Mar/2010 ] This fully re-mastered 23-track compilation spans the entirety of Pavement's career from 1989 to 1999 - from the scratchy and mysterious sounds of their early vinyl-only releases to the rich, multilayered warmth of their final recordings. |