Brighten the Corners

by Pavement

Brighten the Corners cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 February 1997
  • Label: Matador
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 46:15
  • Community rating: 4.14/5 from 8 ratings

Artists on this release: Scott Kannberg, Bob Nastanovich, Stephen Malkmus, Mark Ibold, Jonny Greenwood, Steve West, Dominic Murcott

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Brighten the Corners' finds Pavement adopting a slightly cleaner, highly melodic approach to their signature slacker rock sound. Stephen Malkmus delivers his incredibly cryptic, abstract, and humorous wordplay over warm, mellow, and playful indie rock arrangements.

Genres

Descriptors: lo-fi, melodic, guitar-driven, slacker, jangly

Tracklist

  1. Stereo (3:07)
  2. Shady Lane (3:50)
  3. Transport Is Arranged (3:52)
  4. Date w/ IKEA (2:39)
  5. Old to Begin (3:22)
  6. Type Slowly (5:20)
  7. Embassy Row (3:51)
  8. Blue Hawaiian (3:33)
  9. We Are Underused (4:12)
  10. Passat Dream (3:51)
  11. Starlings of the Slipstream (3:08)
  12. Fin (5:24)

Credits

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