|
 Wowee Zowee, originally released by Matador
in April 1995 on the eve of Pavement’s infamous mud-bespattered mainstage
appearance at Lollapalooza, began life as a controversial release. Fresh off
the success of Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain with its charttopping Modern Rock hit
“Cut Your Hair,” the band went into the studio and came out with a deliberately
chaotic and eclectic album that sounded nothing like its predecessor. With
influences from the Groundhogs to the Frogs, Captain Beefheart to the more
obscure mid- ’80s central California hardcore bands featured on Maximum
Rock’n’Roll comp ‘Not So Quiet On The Western Front,’ Wowee Zowee confused
critics and alienated fans. How fantastic, then, that it went on to scan 122K
copies and became many fans’ fave Pavement album. A return to their pre-
Crooked cacaphony, the songs have a darkness that now seems appropriate, and
with Bryce Goggin at the mixing desk, the production was the band’s most
rocking to date.
Watch the videos!
Rattled By The Rush
Father To A Sister Of Thought
This super-deluxe remastered compilation
has:
• An embossed slipcase containing 2 CDs
plus 64-page perfect-bound book
• 50 tracks total, 18 unreleased recordings
• The entire remastered original album
• 6 never-released songs, outtakes or live
• 9 non-album B-sides from the “Rattled By
The Rush” single, the “Father To A Sister Of Thought” single, and the Pacific
Trim EP
• 4 period compilation tracks, from the
‘Schoolhouse Rock! Rocks’ tribute album, the ‘Homage’ tribute to the
Descendents, and soundtracks to ‘I Shot Andy Warhol’ and ‘Kids In The Hall:
Brain Candy’ soundtracks
• 5 BBC Evening Session tracks
• 7 JJJ (Aus) Live at the Wireless tracks
• 2 VPRO (Holland) Session tracks
• 1 track from the Medusa Cyclone split 7”
• 1 alternate mix
“Confounding, but packed with insights”
SPIN
2CD+64PG BOOK+ SLIPCASE
 |
