Seneschal Gox
04-07-2003, 10:57 AM
From the 4/7/03 issue:
LEFT OF ECCENTRIC
As the lead singer and songwriter of Pavement, Stephen Malkmus yoked twisty melodies to arcane lyrics and bewitched a generation of college students in the process. On “Pig Lib” (Matador), Malkmus and his backing band the Jicks return in force; with frequent time changes and often unhinged singing, Malkmus sounds more than ever like a Captain Beefheart for the wheatgrass crowd. The songs are a mixed bag, ranging from wistful portraits that play up his debt to Ray Davies to shambling slices of surrealistic comedy that play up his debt to himself.
Pretty even-handed and strangely on-target, I think.
LEFT OF ECCENTRIC
As the lead singer and songwriter of Pavement, Stephen Malkmus yoked twisty melodies to arcane lyrics and bewitched a generation of college students in the process. On “Pig Lib” (Matador), Malkmus and his backing band the Jicks return in force; with frequent time changes and often unhinged singing, Malkmus sounds more than ever like a Captain Beefheart for the wheatgrass crowd. The songs are a mixed bag, ranging from wistful portraits that play up his debt to Ray Davies to shambling slices of surrealistic comedy that play up his debt to himself.
Pretty even-handed and strangely on-target, I think.