Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

(3/5) This is the second Pavement album that we've encountered, and I think I liked the other (earlier) one better. What was interesting about both is how they were both a portent of musical styles to come. Even though this one was from 1994, it honestly sounds closer to a late-90s/early-00s album.. the other album was ahead of it's contemporaries as well. That first album, though, pointed towards the early/mid-90s sounds and that's way more my style. This one was just too polished and party-ish. I wouldn't call them a new favorite, but I'm glad I got some exposure to then through this project.

Man, we’ve just been living our alt-rock truth in this little run. Yesterday PJ Harvey, the day before - Dinosaur Jr., and two days before that Sonic Youth. This is the second Pavement album. And you know what, I think I finally clicked with Pavement. I came to Pavement years after and I keep returning to this band because I love the sound but I just never meshed with them. I think now I have. I relistened to Slanted and Enchanted just last week and I think I enjoy that album more than this one overall, but damn “Range Life” is an all time track. Loved it. “Croocked Rain, Crooked Rain” ends up at a 4/5 for me.

I tried so hard to like these guys back in the day - witness the fact that we own 2 or 3 of their records. Never did quite get it and now I remember why - it's a whole lot of nothing. They are too cool for school so things like carrying a tune or completing a song are unnecessary. So much ironic detachment. Look where that's gotten us. Guided by Voices is better at lo-fi Replacements are way better at alienation and disaffection and fucking up songs In fact I'd rather listen to the Stone Temple Pilots that they sneer at than this bullshit.

Never heard of them - damn, this is good!

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain After enjoying Slanted and Enchanted I was looking forward to this coming up, and I liked it much in the same way as I did Slanted and Enchanted. It perhaps feels like some of the rougher edges have been worked off, but it still has the same loose, point of collapse charm of the first album with a few more folkish-popish-country-ish influences thrown in. I love the almost Stonesy lope of the Silence Kid riff, before it moves off in a different direction and Elevate Me Later is similar in its baggy feel. Cut Your Hair is the obvious stand out, the 60s woo hoos, melody and memorable lyrics add up to a great track. Unfair is great, a more punkish feel, but another catchy melody working against the abrasiveness. Gold Soundz is great, with a nice wonky countryness to it. I love the jazzy plink of 5-4=Unity and the bass tone is also great on it. Range Life is the most overtly country influenced track and is excellent, up there with Cut Your Hair, and Heaven is a Truck carries on the sideways country feel, feeling like it's perpetually going to collapse. Hit The Plane Down is great, I love the almost funk feel to the bass. Don’t think it quite makes it to a 5, but it's a very enjoyable slacker-ish alt rock album, with a clear influence on both US and UK bands that came after. Solid 4. 🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️ Playlist submission: Cut Your Hair

Infinitely more listeneable than their debut, which I got two days before this. But. Zero reason. None. To have the debut AND this on the list. In fact, to have neither on this list would have been perfectly acceptable, too.

That was OK. I managed to avoid Pavement throughout their existence - it was pleasant to listen to them, although I think they probably listened to quite a lot of The Fall before they started making their own music.

Indie rock is always a bit of a hit or miss. More often than not it’s a miss for me as I find that (for whatever reason) I find most indie rock lifeless. It’s like the songs have no body (no “oomf”). There were some catchy riffs from here though. Although I did feel my above statement in some of these songs.

It was fine. One or two I'd listen to again, but I don't much like the out-of-tune sound. It was very 1994.

One of my favourite albums. Is it their best? I like Brighten The Corners a lot too. Especially the extended version with all the b-sides. (Praise for an extended version for once!) Anyway, yes. Love it.

malkmus can have my firstborn child

Some of the songs were OK, but a few of them were unpleasantly weird enough to bump this down to two stars. Dude sounds like Lou Reed. I don't like Lou Reed.

A perfect indie album that captures a vibe with clever lyrics.

The best of Pavement

Immediate oh shit hell yes followed by good vibes

FAV!

Solid grunge rock, singer needs to protect his vocal health

Need to give this another listen but enjoyed it

This was so good. It's not the greatest album but I could definitely see myself coming back to this over and over again in the future

solid i like

Cut Your Hair Gold Soundz Range Life

I think I like the idea of this better than the actual album 6/10

Sometimes you find an album at just the right time you were looking for it. I've been getting more and more into my 90s music this last year, and something about grungy America bands are really appealing to me more. I didn't realise I actually knew some songs on this album, and the ones I didn't I was really into too. Honestly, loved this, would definitely listen again.

Had to listen to this twice, as it came up on a day when I was very distracted with work, etc. I didn't like it as much as the first Pavement album, but it's still an easy 5 stars from me. I liked the easy to listen to vocal delivery and the general cosy feeling I got from listening to this. I can imagine enjoying this even more on repeat listens. It's like a dialled-down Pixies/ Sonic Youth experience, with some influences from The Fall here and there. Maybe a little bit of early R.E.M., but without the slightly grating vocals.

The Good: 90’s alternative music! The Bad: not understanding what crooked rain actually is The Ugly: the band finding crooked rain important enough to repeat it in the title… What in the actual fuck? I am seriously starting to doubt my taste in music, or, trying to understand the rationality being applied when “those in the know” create a Top x album list and add mundane stuff like this to it. Don’t get me wrong, the album is palatable for sure, however, I checked out of curiosity if Kerosene Hat by the band Cracker is included in the list, which it isn’t, and that is just stupid as it was key in mainstreaming the indie/alt rock wave of the ‘90s I can remember people on campus walking around with Pavement T-shirts, yet I couldn’t recall if I had listened to their music at the time, so I was excited to give this album a spin… call me disappointed as I am starting to really dislike anything “lo-fi”, or where the singer of a band feels it is important to do their best to emulate a period of their life when their voice was shifting from child to man… 2* for not hating this album… however, if I would have to listen to the nasally whining lyrics again, I might just drop the rating down to 1*

I had never heard of pavement before! My first thought is very generic 90s alt rock and indie. It was a nice album but nothing stuck out. It reminded me of American Pie and music from that era of american comedy. Favourite song: Newark Wilder and cut your hair Least favourite: the rest of the album is very meh. Album artwork: Cool cover if not a little messy.

Pavement was that band you heard about in the 90's but no one was a diehard fan of. They were on a compilation disc or two I purchased over the years but the material didn't interest me enough to dig deeper. "Cut Your Hair" was the tune. This album solidifies that initial perception - loose sound, weak vocals, vanilla songs, no real hook or groove to gravitate to. I can think of 20+ bands from 1994 that I'd prefer to listen to. "Average" is the first word that comes to mind after persevering through that entire album. It's quite possibly one of the most boring albums I've ever heard. Influential, no. Full of great songs or hits, no. Encapsulation of the times, no. I have NO idea how this makes anyone's Top 1001. I almost went with 1 star!

A girl who I had a big crush on gave me a pirated tape of this in 1995. I didn’t know it was pavement but I listed to it a lot. It was a nice blast from the past!

It’s a 4.5 that I’ll round up to a 5. Other than the extreme dissonance of Hit the Plane Down, I really don’t think there’s a bad track on this album; there’s a lot of Nirvana to this at the start, but it slowly blends in a bit of R.E.M. as well, and that general soundscape just worked really well for me. I think this album shines best in its guitar and percussion work, but the vocals hold up pretty well against them, as do the lyrics for a good chunk of the album. Just a really strong listen for me; glad we got this one, and I feel good with a 5.

this album was pretty cool. i knew a couple of songs off of this one beforehand, but have never listened to the album in full. pavement is a band i've heard a lot about but never fully experienced, and i can say that i am looking forward to my next experience with them. normally, i am a bit iffy on slacker vocals, but they work really well here, especially in juxtaposition with the more upbeat, raucous sounds. my favorite track on this one was "cut your hair" which is a perfect example of this. i would say the strength of this album is not necessarily in the musicianship, but the crafting of a sound. and i really enjoyed the sound!

I really don’t think this is required listening. At times painful.

Just a little indie classic for a sunday night. Love this and their first album, laid back and just simple great songwriting. 'Gold Soundz' has such a strong nostalgic feeling to it, love the climax at the end of 'Elevate Me Later', and 'Unfair' melts my face everytime.

Thought this was quite good, listenable, indie rock. Sounds like it could have come out this year.

I get why this album would be on the list, underground indie rock with (IMO) strong punk leanings but vocally and lyrically …. Not my cup of tea … Probs wound’ve been a lot of fun in concert but outside of the experience of them live …. Not so interested …. Gives me a vibe of what Elbow would’ve been playing in high school when they were trashed in a garage before they cut the lead singer/guitar player who was on an ego trip ….

I love Pavement. Listening to them never fails to take me back to a time and place when they were probably my favorite band. I prefer Slanted and Enchanted to this one, but they are both incredible albums. I wish grunge had never happened and Pavement/Sebadoh/Dinosaur Jr. had been the sound of the 90’s. Then maybe the Goo Goo Dolls and Limp Bizkit and Korn and the boy bands and Brittney’s and Christina’s wouldn’t have taken over and there would have been no Woodstock ‘99 or 9/11 or War on Terror and Gore would have won in 2000 and there wouldn’t have been a writer’s strike and The Apprentice would have never made it to air and Trump would have died in semi-obscurity and COVID-19 would have been stopped early by an efficient presidential administration. But it was not to be. Thanks Kurt.

This afternoon I read a line by Penelope Fitzgerald, describing one of her tragicomic protagonists, that feels right for a vital and deliberate attribute of this record: “Her reach exceeded her grasp”. These songs are perfect collapses, their loftiness richer for how their exquisite compositions trip over into a gorgeous, noisy heap, disarming me - life is serious, but it is also absurd, and we should laugh. This was almost the first record I bought on release that I love without reservation, pipped the year before by Rid of Me. My brother Will and I went to see them in Manchester when they toured this album, and they were glorious. Such fun. Simon, I leave the floor to you, mon ami.

Oooh what a joy to listen to this all day! Have loved Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain since I first bought the CD in a basement store on St Marks Place in summer '94 (god, I must have been insufferable). Crystallizes everything I want in guitar music, riffs a go-go, oblique but clever, accessible lyrics, half-arsed chaotic delivery that is really well practiced, a dash of Buddy Holly and Dave Brubeck, screaming "career/Korea" and slagging off the Smashing Pumpkins. This review cannot do the album justice. Gold Soundz. Elevate Me Later. Unfair. Fillmore Jive. The whole thing from beginning to end. My favorite album from my favorite band? Sometimes. Start it over and this time try!

Pavement is the best. Classic album. This one has some great songs on it. Stephen Malkmus' lazy voice is great. Silence Kid is a good opening track, that guitar riff with all the fuzz sounds awesome. Range Life and Gold Soundz are quintessential Pavement songs. The perfect balance of heaviness while still being fun and catchy to listen to. In the midst of hair and grunge bands, this album came and set the tone for modern indie music.

US Indie Garage rock, was never going to enjoy, put on that angsty whiney vocals "oh no someone told me to cut my hair" then it's a super no, music should be fun, just a nothing album.

Can't find a better word than ugly

The opening sounds like someone trying to play 'Alright Now' from memory but forgetting how it goes and coming up with something else by mistake. I couldn't take more than a minute of it before moving on. Same on subsequent tracks - eventually, I just hated it.

Remember that day your mom told you to stop singing? Yeah, well. Then why did you release an album?!

Did not enjoy this discordant album.

OK. So somehow this is considered essential? This is considered to be outstanding to the point that it is considered an album that everyone should listen to prior to their eternal passing? You know, there are albums already that I have listened to on this project that I've thought... well, you know, it isn't my style at all, but I can see why there is merits in it, that it contains something that could be considered as ground breaking or ahead of its time or even passable. What I hear when I listened to this album was... boredom. I heard a style of alt rock that was prolific in the era, I heard some vocals that really only made themselves known to me because they seemed less than average, and I was far from enamored. In fact, when the album finished, a song from the Jesus and Mary Chain came on that was far superior to anything I heard on this album. No thanks.

I can only imagine that this made it into the list of albums you must listen to before you die as an example of terrible 90s music. By the end of the album, I feel utterly trolled with how bad it is. The guitar work around minute 3 of Stop Breathin is very nice, but that's the only redeeming quality about this album. If I could rate it negatively, I would. Unfortunately, the lowest I can give is a 1.

By the end of Crooked Rain Crooked Rain, if you’re not thinking to yourself “I should start a band and try to make a record as great as this”… well, maybe we should just give up hope for the future and call it a day. It’s inclusion on this list is not only warranted, it is essential.

I wish I could give this zero Stars. I I feel like they are trying to rip off The flaming lips and Jay from dinosaur Jr. That one song grabbed me. I found the whole thing to be trash and nearly unlistenable. I hope this is the worst that we get.

Implacably disaffected noise-mess by smarty-pants brats who work every angle--infectious melody, discord, suburban rebellion, the range life--but refuse to commit to any. Perhaps the only thing that speaks to the politics of their music louder than that mix is [screamed]: "NO LONG HAIR!"

Grunge was a reaction against stadium rock, and this is a reaction against grunge: small-scale, personal, lo-fi; with an air of reluctant self-pity replacing anger.

First track seems like a weird mashup between Jane's Addiction and Buddy Holly. By end of this album, I felt a palpable sense of relief that it had finished.

What is indie rock? Someone not signed to a major label? (I'm not signed to a major label, Greg. Am I indie rock?) Today the term indie rock seems to have no meaning. It isn't exclusively used for independent label bands, and it doesn't refer to a specific musical style. I could tell you I like indie rock, but really that doesn't tell you much, and while I like many bands that would be classified as indie rock, I also dislike plenty of indie rock. But Pavement is (was?) indie rock. When bands maintained that anti-major label thing for their whole career. (Tangent to the tangent - I heard a story on the radio yesterday about a new book called "Sellout" by Dan Ozzi - "A raucous history of punk, emo, and hardcore’s growing pains during the commercial boom of the early 90s and mid-aughts, following eleven bands as they “sell out” and find mainstream fame, or break beneath the weight of it all." Sounds super interesting.) So, anyways, Pavement stayed indie. And in the 90s I wasn't cool enough to be indie. (All mainstream grunge, flannel, and undercuts.) I've always meant to go back and listen to more Pavement. They're a band I thought I would enjoy, but never sought out. I know "Cut Your Hair" pretty well, and still think it's great. But the rest of this album was enjoyable too. I hear Built to Spill a lot in Pavement's sound - they came in at the tail end of Pavement's run, and I got into Built to Spill as I was trying to figure out indie rock in the mid-aughts. I think I prefer Built to Spill, but I enjoyed "Crooked Rain Crooked Rain." (Built to Spill is not on the list. They're not British enough. Well, not that Pavement is at all British, but... whatever.)

started and thought - decent, but then it just sounded samey and then it just stopped. Meh.

Just love the whole Pavement sound. Also love their Anglophile leanings (otherwise they'd be called Sidewalk)- inventors of what we now consider to be "indie". Absolutely love the inpenetrability of the lyrics. On this album, the lyrics to the final verse of Range Life are my favourites. Particularly starting Beef with Billy Corgan (something Corgan is still bitter about today) and Malkmus announcing he's hot for the Stone Temple Pilots. Genius. Just noticed they're doing a reunion tour of the UK next year.....time to get my tickets!

Ah yes, the godfathers of incredibly boring indie rock. I've tried so many times to get into these guys, and now, upon this most recent listen, I can safely say it's never going to happen.

Every time I listen to Pavement I think “wow, I should listen to more Pavement.”

classic 90s whiny indie music. Basically average to bad, not interesting.

I love this album. Pavement is such an important band that not enough people know about.

What’s not to like? I mean this is probably the ultimate “indie” record. Slacker vibes galore, messy guitars that always somehow end up on beat, bursts of noise and energy followed by moments of calmness. I really like this record a lot. One of my favorites. Favorite song: Range Life Least favorite song: There ain’t one

4.1 + I was an early teen when these guys hit the scene. At the time, I was a huge Smashing Pumpkins fan. I had a buddy who was a Pavement fan. Somehow we always argued about which band was better - the two fanbases felt diametrically opposed, and some vague beef between them further drove a wedge. The fact that Pavement called out SP specifically in "Range Life" feels like a petty dick move. To me the rift feels like the cool kids (Pavement) ragging on the spastic drama kids (SP). The cool kids are all about not trying too hard, while the drama kids suffer, often pretentiously and publicly, for their art. On hindsight, both camps seem insufferable. Setting all of this "who's-in-who's-out" nonsense aside, Crooked Rain Crooked Rain is a cool (again with that word) and composed with interesting guitar textures, poetic lyrics and slack vocals. I understand and appreciate their venerated status in 90s indie rock.

This is an odd one - while it was playing I was thinking this is brilliant. But after it I realised I can't actually pick out any of the tracks. It was sort of one massive amorphous blob of California stoner shoegaze indie that I really enjoyed as a unit, but don't think I'll ever just put a track from it on to listen to. The whole thing start to finish or gtfo. I can hear a bit of Suede, a bit of Beck, Blind Melon, Sonic Youth and The Thrills in there. Lovely stuff.

I didn't expect to like this but I ended up quite enjoying it. It's lo-fi, post-punk, idie rock and the vocals are sketchy but... it has... something. It feels like these guys were legitimately into this and enjoying themselves. It reminds me a lot of some of my favorite indie bands and artists (Gasoline Heart comes to mind) and I'm into this. The sparse instrumentation lends an opennes to the mix that makes the whole album feel like it's breathing. It's so different from the Phil Spector "Wall of Sound" mix style that's so popular these days and it's refreshing...

Not a perfect album, but close. I'd never noticed before how much Malkmus sounds like Tweedy and Wilco here. Never been a huge fan of Cut Your Hair, but Fillmore Jive is a classic tune to end it. Essential album.

Day 23 of Albums You Must Hear… 1994 was the peak of alternative rock music in some ways, and the beginning of the end in others. Kurt Cobain would lose his life and bring an end to Nirvana, the greatest band of the 90’s. (Solely my opinion). Other mega acts, though, would break into the mainstream around this time, such as The Foo Fighters, Weezer, Green Day, and Smashing Pumpkins, to name a few. Those are all tough acts to follow, however, a band called Pavement would release their second album, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain in 1994. Full disclosure here, I never knew the band Pavement before receiving this album, though it seems through their indie rock band accomplishments over a few years, they accumulated a decent cult following in the U.S. and U.K. Pavement would never sign a major label deal. The only song familiar to me on Crooked Rain is the single Cut your Hair. I remember seeing a clip of the video on Beavis & Butthead way back when, in which they referred to Pavement as ‘Buttwipe Music’. While I know that was said in the context of a joke, I mean it is Beavis & Butthead, another comment made by the cartoon duo was to ‘try harder’. Thats a statement I can’t get behind when it comes to the music from this band, though. While Cut Your Hair has a catchy tune right out the gate, the rest of the album is totally lackluster. The band is totally talented, just not memorable to me. If you ask me, the thing that made Nirvana the best alternative band of the 90’s is the simplicity of the melodies. I still don’t understand all of Cobain’s lyrics but I damn sure know the melodies of the hooks, drum patterns and chords. I get the feeling that Pavement is trying too hard be complex and not to “sell out” that they avoid making catchy tunes. On the song Range Life, they poke fun at Smashing Pumpkins and Stone Temple Pilots, which is fair, but those bands were able to have cross-over success without watering down their brand. They made catchy songs. The only other song to catch my attention was 5-4=Unity, a fully instrumental jam session that showcases the band’s undeniable musical talent. I just wish the songs on this album had more re-playability. The music video for Cut Your Hair has the perfect low budget, nonsensical vibe of the mid 90’s, though, and was fun to watch 27 years later. Please share your thoughts, memories and opinions!

pavement should hold the spot in the cultural consciousness that nirvana does

I don't know how I haven't heard this before. Amazing sound and songwriting.

Generic early 90s rock. Has a bit of a Weezer edge to them, but I think early Weezer was better. Nothing too memorable or catchy here. I sort of liked Cut Your Hair.

Peak 90's Indie/Alt rock. I've always preferred 'Slanted and Enchanted', as I find some of the tracks on here, like 5-4=Unity or Hit the Plane Down, as rather jarring, but I suppose they ultimately help make this album unique. Regardless, this is still a 5 star.

Show me a word that rhymes with pavement and i wont kill your parents and roast them on a spit. I know its a different album but fuck it

that was ok. none of that is stuck in my memory. it's got a really good sound, the levels and tones of all the instruments and singing all work well, but there's a lack of any actual tunes. its like these and weezer started out at the same place and weezer decided to go with catchy hooklines and pavement went the opposite way to whatever this is. bit of a shame really, cultivate a nice thing and then not back it up with any substance.

An indie rock classic. A shambling mess of an album. Excellent.

Heavier than I was expecting- for some reason I thought Pavement were like shoe gazing indie blah peddlars. 2 tracks in and they’re ok I guess... I could imagine these tracks on an indie movie soundtrack. Oh! I know this song! Cut your hair. I don’t know where from but I’ve absolutely heard this before. Very Dandy Warhols. Really enjoying this actually- grown into it a lot. “And we’re coming to the chorus now” at the end of the first verse of Gold soundz 😂 I like a quirky weird instrumental track too.

Not the kind of music I like. Lacks polish, the guitars are all over the place, the rhythm is boring, the vocals raw, the overall structure feels very simplistic.

Ok

Made me somewhat reflective.

If you’re not familiar with Pavement I think this album could be a tough listen. It’s abstract, the singing is an acquired taste and frankly it’s a little bit all over the place. That’s the beauty of Pavement though because these songs are great. This album is a real grower. And over time what once felt like a stumble feels like a skip. What a great band.

Not much to say it’s just effortlessly great

man I loved this. Favourite new album in a while from these. Doesnt need standout singles just consistently good

Today's album, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain gets five stars, of course. It's one of those albums that triggers a specific time in my life, bringing my allowance and neighborhood yardwork money to the record store and walking out with a stack of LPs and a need to find more neighborhoods to scrabble for cash. So I can't really be objective, but even imagining I could, I still think it's a classic, one of those albums that doesn't quite sound like any other album and even seems to have it's own anthropomorphic personality. I remember in college one of my best friends reminded me of Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. He had never listened to it. Maybe this is a weird form of synesthesia. I've always thought of myself as a Let It Be (Replacements, not Beatles) when I was a kid. Now I feel like I'm Wish You Were Here. I'm babbling. It's great!

That brings me back to a time and place. Do I want to be there? Probably not.

Loved it. This would have been my favorite band in another life

Achei qualquer coisa, nem top 10 das melhores coisas lançadas na década de 90

Pretentious music that I definitely heard on Stranger Things. 2/5

Laid back messy indie rock masterpiece. Now, if you'll excuse me, I might go cut my hair...

Boring

I can't quite put into words what it is that doesn't hook me about Pavement. On paper I feel like they should be right up my alley. For some reason both Slanted and Crooked Rain came up as surprising misses. The only way I can try to explain it is that the albums are just too indie. Almost like they are trying to prove a point and be indie for indie's sake. I usually have positive reviews for stuff from the indie-alt rock genre but this just tries a little too hard to differentiate itself. It's not outright bad, it just comes up mostly empty and doesn't hook me like so many other indie acts have for some reason. I don't dislike them or their music but guess I'm just not a Pavement fan on the surface level. 1.96 stars

Rad

Stop breathin 1994 slacker rock Cut your hair Unfair Gold soundz Range life

I remember I had a tape with a Pavement album back in high school, but I don't really recognize it, so it might have been a different album, although this title is quite known to me. Finally I get to listen to it after all these years, so thank you to 1001 Albums. I have a weak spot for grungy 90s guitars, so this band and album suit me well. I like the bit lofi, unpolished guitars, sometimes almost sounding out of tune. It's a great album. "Cut Your Hair" has such a catchy hook. Yes, of course they are not the greatest singers in the world, but the bit raw, edgy voices fit perfectly with the sound. The last two songs, especially "Hit the Plane Down," are a bit less to my opinion, and therefore it just doesn't get added to the pile of 5s, but 4 is a good score for this album. 4/5

A great jump in quality from their previous record, but I still have some problems with it. First of all, really like the cleaner and better produced sound (as "Slanted and Enchanted" felt too rough and unpolished for me) while keeping the lo-fi aesthetics. It helps me appreciate more the melodic guitar and bass lines, and sentimental voice. Another thing I enjoy about this album is that it is somewhat captivating, intimate and personal thanks to the previously mentioned elements and the amateurism that adds its charm and makes the album feel genuine. I must say that I don't deeply resonate with it, but I do get the appeal. However, the lack of professional standards also comes with its problems. I find uncomfortable the out-of-tune notes that come in the middle of the most beautiful passages, as I think they ruin a bit the magic. Not that I do not like tense sounds in general, but in these cases, they mostly feel like fails that actually taint my experience. A great example is "Fillmore Jive" which starts with a nice shoegaze-ish vibe that is very dreamy and great, but it has some very tense and almost dissonant guitar towards the middle-end that leaves me with a bad aftertaste. Overall, I think it is a decent album that is soft, pleasant and personal when they don't hit the out-of-tune notes.

Don't really remember much off of this album to the point that I forgot to even rate and review it until now.

Never heard before. I have owned a copy of slanted and enchanted for years but never really got into it. This one i actually preferred. Whether i was just in the right place to hear it i don't know but it's definetly getting a repeated listen. The last song.....Filmore Jive. ..was especially good.

Pretty good, some 90's movie soundtrack ish in the beginning. It's not bad but I don't feel anything about it particularly strongly

a classic

*1994. Indie rock. *I thought I would dig this, and I think I almost do. It's a little too anti-climatic and I don't love the vocals (very amateur sounding), but I'm a sucker for 90s alt rock. *Excellent background music, but when you're actively listening, it doesn't really go anywhere. *There are some really solid California alt 90s songs - Cut Your Hair being the best. *I'm going to revisit this, which bumps it from a 3.5 to a 4. RATING 7/10

Pretty solid!

Trop trop bien, il faut que j'écoute plus de sons de leur groupe

Not too bad as far as alt rock goes, but progressively got worse as the album went on.

Had it's ups and downs. Solid grunge album. I won't remember it later. I'd rather see this live than listen at home.

Amazing indie rock album

Bland, soul-less, and mostly just annoying. My brain didn't even register this as music, I pretty much zoned it out the whole time.