Pavement have sort of crept up on me as one of my favourite bands ever. It's only recently struck me that I've probably spent as much time listening to them as I have to anyone else. The last few days I've been listening to this, their best of, constantly. (Apologies to my co-worker Nicky.) It's an excellent compilation and has a typically Pavement, uncompromising and knowing sort of edge to it. At their best they evoke that feeling of, say, walking along on a sunny evening, after work, when everything is right with the world and yourself for just one moment. When the inner monologue has mainly good things to say. 'Frontwards' is my current highlight. Stephen Malkmus has a really excellent balance of irony and passion, and the way they play their perfectly imperfect pop songs is best described by the title of their debut album, Slanted and Enchanted.
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