Westing (By Musket and Sextant)

by Pavement

Westing (By Musket and Sextant) cover art

Compiling their highly obscure, initial trio of chaotic vinyl EPs, 'Westing' captures Pavement in their rawest, most abrasive developmental stages before their breakthrough 'Slanted and Enchanted'. The recordings are characterized by heavy tape hiss, highly discordant guitar tuning, and Stephen Malkmus's cryptic, fragmented lyricism. It serves as an essential document of 1990s lo-fi indie rock, celebrating the sheer aesthetic value of amateurish, basement-level recording techniques.

Genres

  • Slacker Rock
  • Noise Rock
  • Indie Rock

Tracklist

  1. You're Killing Me
  2. Box Elder
  3. Maybe Maybe
  4. She Believes
  5. Price Yeah!
  6. Forklift
  7. Spizzle Trunk
  8. Recorder Grot
  9. Internal K-Dart
  10. Perfect Depth
  11. Recorder Grot (Rally)
  12. Heckler Spray
  13. From Now On
  14. Angel Carver Blues / Mellow Jazz Docent
  15. Drive By Fader
  16. Debris Slide
  17. Home
  18. Krell Vid-User
  19. Summer Babe (Winter Version)
  20. Mercy: The Laundromat
  21. Baptiss Blacktick
  22. My First Mine
  23. My Radio