Spit on a Stranger EP＜数量限定盤＞

アルバム未収録の隠れ名曲「Harness Your Hopes」を収録!!
ペイヴメント人気EPが22年の時を経て遂にアナログ盤リイシュー!!

ペイヴメント不朽の名盤にしてラスト・アルバム『Terror Twilight』のオープニング曲「Spit on a Stranger」と当時未発表だった4曲をカップリングしたEP(CDのみのリリース)が、22年の時を経て遂に初のアナログ化!!

人気の表題曲は勿論、隠れた名曲としてコア・ファンの間で愛され続けられ、突如2020年〈 TikTok 〉やストリーミングで、バイラル・ヒットを記録し、新世代リスナーの間でも瞬く間に広がった「Harness Your Hopes」も収録。更に、初のアナログ化にあたり、CD未収録だった「Harness Your Hopes」(1999年)のライヴ音源を追加収録。

Suave Pavement frontman Steve Malkmus had his nose to the proverbial grindstone since the release of Brighten the Corners in 1997, assisting DC Berman on 1998s excellent Silver Jews American Water release. He concurrently teamed with Silkworm to hardwire an entertaining set of Basement Tapes covers as the Crust Brothers. On Spit on a Strangers five tracks, Malkmus applies what hes picked up from his experiments, emulating Bermans lo-fi ingenuity on "Harness Your Hopes" and lifting the Bands top-shelf-ordering attitude on "Rooftop Gambler." Though "The Porpoise and the Hand Grenade" sounds slapped together before coffee, "Roll With the Wind" more than makes up for the gyp, making the disc worth the many trips it may take to the record store to get this little marvel in stock. "Spit on a Stranger," the albums first single, finds the band coy and approachable. Some fans may be cautious in the face of renegade Nigel Godrichs production hand, but rather than emasculate the bands signature understated two-chord symphonics, Godrich exploits it, capturing something a bit shaper than Brighten the Corners. A fine and nicely-timed addition to the anyones rock-and-rubble Pavement collection. ~ Becky Byrkit