Monday, September 12, 2011

Frazzled music for a frazzled day

This year marks the 20th anniversary of a noisy record.
"PERFECT SOUND FOREVER" was the third release by STOCKTON, CALIF., indie band PAVEMENT. It was released in 1991, a year before the band made a bigger, more noticeable splash with its debut album, "SLANTED AND ENCHANTED."
It was an EP, now included in the Pavement compilation, "WESTING (BY MUSKET & SEXTANT)."
I listened to it in the car today.
The music is a splintered, frazzled collection of tunes, which fit my mood perfectly today. I felt frazzled, too.
I have always loved how Spin Magazine described "Perfect Sound Forever," in a September 1991 review:
"Listening to Pavement is like trying to listen to three radio stations at once. One is playing Simon and Garfunkel, one is playing the Bobby Fuller Four, and the third one's just static."

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