With their fractured songs, unexpected blasts of feedback, laconic vocals, cryptic literate lyrics, and defiant low-fidelity, Pavement were one of the most influential and distinctive bands to emerge from the American underground in the '90s. Pavement, along with Sebadoh, were the leaders of the lo-fi movement that dominated U.S. indie rock in the early '90s. Initially conceived as a studio project between guitarists/vocalists Stephen Malkmusand Scott Kannberg in the '80s, Pavement gradually became a band during the early '90s. Along the way, their initial EPs and debut album, 1992's Slanted & Enchanted, earned a devoted following of musicians, indie fans, and critics.
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If you enjoy the company Of a descending family tree Well tuck in your thoughts It's there or it's not The feeling is mutual Well, pardon my birth I just slipped out Origins I can't brag about Spawn of a bank inquisitor And theives I wish Watch out the snitch also involves himself in blackmail One would think the interests conflict The air is so tauttight I feel so thin Hot as the come to closing in Hot as the gun i'm closing in and reeap the benefits Beware the head of state says that see believes in leprechauns Irish folk tales scare the shit out of me, yeah Be as it may I'm happy to say i'm around Miles accrued and passengers add up The message on a mirror says "stick with me" Cause no one's there to read your reflection when i'm gone get it on