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

the album was recorded at Studio Humbug on the Isle of Wight and musically picks it way from sublime west coast harmonies that recall the frayed beauty of the Beach Boys Smiley Smile

it is now newly mixed

My Big Vacation

it's the sound of a band hurtling towards its own destruction and relishing every second

Available on limited edition coloured vinyl

Available on black vinyl (due 21st January) and as a Dinked Edition

" "Spanish Bombs

The collaboration released on limited edition yellow 7” vinyl comes with eye watering art-work by illustrator Casey Raymond

divided as they are by decades and disciplines

They considered not only how the fragments fit together but also how

Henry Grimes on bass

In the year 2000