Pavement - Brighten The CornersFor many hard time fans, Brighten the Corners is part of the holy trinity withCrooked Rain and Wowee Zowee. As such it combines the anarchy of the band's previous slop with a expert grasp on hook and pop dynamics. Before we get all nostalgic about how great this record is let's just consider the songs in cold contemporary light: the wild pop ecstasy of Stereo, the sweetly melancholicShady Lane, the crooked joyful Type Slowly and the lo fi poet punk of

swaddled in tape echo

the hard-to-find Kins

Uncommon Weather features pinnacle versions of songs Donaldson has honed since the beginning of the project

“The Great Valerio” and the title track

” Pitchfork 4/5 Reissue of classic & completely unique psychedelic pop record from 2004

Batteries included –2 x AAA Alkaline

The album is exploding euphoria from start to finish

For a band who began with the initial idea to create  what the band called “open-ended music

From the irrepressible groove of the title track to the intricate post-bop lines of “Suicide City” and “Cunning Lee” to the joyful “Soulita” and the easy swing of “Helen’s Ritual” this set of Morgan originals features Bennie Maupin on tenor saxophone

via the chugging

they have excelled themselves

åÊ Fragile and dignified performances with French vocals accompanied by guitar or fiddle or sometimes both