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Pavement Wowee Zowee Indie Rock 1995.
Tracks
1 We Dance Malkmus 3:01
2 Rattled by the Rush Malkmus 4:16
3 Black Out Malkmus 2:10
4 Brinx Job Malkmus 1:31
5 Grounded Malkmus 4:14
6 Serpentine Pad Kannberg 1:16
7 Motion Suggests Malkmus 3:15
8 Father to a Sister of Thought Malkmus 3:30
9 Extradition Malkmus 2:12
10 Best Friends Arm Malkmus 2:19
11 Grave Architecture Malkmus 4:16
12 AT & T 3:32
13 Flux = Rad 1:45
14 Fight This Generation Malkmus 4:22
15 Kennel District Kannberg 2:59
16 Pueblo Malkmus 3:25
17 Half a Canyon Malkmus 6:10
18 Western Homes Kannberg 1:49
Details
Artist Pavement
Album Wowee Zowee
Release Date Apr 1995
Recording Date Nov 14, 1994-Nov 1994
Label Matador/Atlantic Catalog # 45898
Time 55:51
Genre Pop/Rock, Alternative Pop/ Rock, Lo-Fi, Indie Rock, Noise Pop
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
With its vast array of musical styles, Wowee Zowee isn't as accessible as Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain or as immediate as the bracing, noisy pop of Slanted & Enchanted. Pavement never abandon their warped pop aesthetic, they simply expand it, incorporating elements of folk-rock, English music hall, soul, jazz, country, as well as adding asides to such contemporaries as Suede ("We Dance"), Ween ("Brinx Job"), and Stereolab ("Half a Canyon"). Alternating between majestic epics like "Grounded" and ragged narratives like"Rattled by the Rush" and Father to a Sister of Thought," to song fragments like "Brinx Job" and the punkish "Serpentine Pad," the record might seem disjointed at first. After repeated listens, the songs play off each other, creating a dense collage of '90s rock & roll that recasts the past and present into one rich, kaleidoscopic, and blissfully cryptic world view.
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