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Real Emotional Trash

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks

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Pavement had given Stephen Malkmus the perfect forum for his anecdotal stream-of-consciousness lyrics and laissez-faire delivery. His progressive and classic rock influences juxtapose nicely against his no frills sonics (a wah-wah pedal is his primary indulgence) and his free-spirited and shameless background vocals that recall girl-group pop in their whimsy. Real Emotional Trash works best at its most compact. The simple catchiness of “Out of Reaches,” the New Wave-inflected “Gardenia” and the psychedelic brood of “Cold Son” are like quick snapshots of the influences running around Malkmus’ musical vocabulary. The ten-minute title track serves several different masters, beginning with a trudging Velvet Underground rhythm that eventually smoothes out into a highway cruise, while the six and a half minute “Baltimore” includes a few twisty instrumental passages that suggest someone’s been listening to Jethro Tull. Malkmus has never been shy about cutting and pasting from wherever it suits him.

Customer Reviews

Back to greatness......

Stephen's released an album here on a par with his solo debut, some albums would be happy just to have one stand out track, this has Cold son, Real emotional trash, Bailtimore. Most the tracks are over five minutes so ideal for the long trip in to work.

Album of the Year

Malkmus returns with his best solo offering to date, on a par with classic Pavement albums such as 'Wowee Zowee', 'Brighten the Corners' or 'Slanted and Enchanted'. Not only is there no bad songs on the album it is all but impossible to highlight individual songs as being standout tracks. From a personal point of view 'Real Emotional Trash' 'Hopscotch Willy' and 'Elmo Delmo' are some of the best songs I've heard in a long while. In an industry full of bands who don't know how to write songs, Malkmus has once again shown everybody how easy it really is. Awesome!!!

Steve

your my hero... you rock!

Biography

Born: 30 May 1966 in Santa Monica, CA

Genre: Alternative

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

After Pavement announced they were going on hiatus at the end of 1999, the status of one of America's finest indie rock bands was a mystery for the first half of 2000. It became clearer that summer, however, when it was revealed that both singer/songwriter/guitarists Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg were preparing solo albums. Malkmus was particularly busy during that time, performing new songs with Kim's Bedroom — a one-off group that also included Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon and Jim O'Rourke...
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