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Album artwork for Brighten The Corners by Pavement

For many hard-time fans, Brighten the Corners is part of the holy trinity with Crooked 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 melancholic Shady Lane, the crooked joyful Type Slowly and the lo-fi poet punk of Embassy Row. All of these tracks are embedded in the indie psyche and for good reason.

Pavement

Brighten The Corners

Matador
Album artwork for Brighten The Corners by Pavement
LP

£22.99

Black
Released 12/02/2021Catalogue Number

OLE1970

Album artwork for Brighten The Corners by Pavement
CD

£8.99

Released 08/01/2021Catalogue Number

OLE1972

Pavement

Brighten The Corners

Matador
Album artwork for Brighten The Corners by Pavement
LP

£22.99

Black
Released 12/02/2021Catalogue Number

OLE1970

Album artwork for Brighten The Corners by Pavement
CD

£8.99

Released 08/01/2021Catalogue Number

OLE1972

For many hard-time fans, Brighten the Corners is part of the holy trinity with Crooked 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 melancholic Shady Lane, the crooked joyful Type Slowly and the lo-fi poet punk of Embassy Row. All of these tracks are embedded in the indie psyche and for good reason.