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Pavement Brighten the Corners Reissue Info Unveiled

It's an even-numbered year, which means we're due for another deluxe reissue of a classic Pavement album from Matador/Domino. This time around, it's 1997's Brighten the Corners that gets the treatment, and Matador has just revealed the details of its reissue package.

Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed. comes on two discs. Together they contain the remastered original LP, all of the B-sides and compilation tracks from around the album's original release, and previously unreleased studio and live tracks. The package also includes a 62-page book of photos, writings, and other nice things.

Matador will release Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed. on November 18, and the label is currently working on a "Buy Early Get Now" promotion for the record with even more extras. Domino will handle the reissue's European release.

Finally, don't forget: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks have those North American dates with Blitzen Trapper coming up pretty soon.

Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed.:

Disc 1:

01 Stereo
02 Shady Lane / J vs. S
03 Transport Is Arranged
04 Date w/ IKEA
05 Old to Begin
06 Type Slowly
07 Embassy Row
08 Blue Hawaiian
09 We Are Underused
10 Passat Dream
11 Starlings of the Slipstream
12 Fin
13 Westie Can Drum ["Stereo" B-side]
14 Winner of the... ["Stereo" B-side]
15 Birds in the Majic Industry [previously unreleased vocal version taking place of released instrumental "Stereo" B-side version]
16 Slowly Typed ["Shady Lane" B-side]
17 Cherry Area ["Shady Lane" B-side]
18 Wanna Mess You Around ["Shady Lane" B-side]
19 No Tan Lines ["Shady Lane" B-side]
20 And Then... [full seven-minute+ version of "Spit on a Stranger" B-side]
21 Harness Your Hopes ["Spit on a Stranger" B-side]
22 Roll With the Wind ["Spit on a Stranger" B-side]

Disc 2:

01 Then [BBC Radio One Evening Session, January 15, 1997]
02 Harness Your Hopes [BBC Radio One Evening Session, January 15, 1997]
03 The Killing Moon [BBC Radio One Evening Session, January 15, 1997]
04 Winner of the... [BBC Radio One Evening Session, January 15, 1997]
05 Embassy Row Psych Intro [previously unreleased intro, BTC sessions outtake]
06 Nigel [previously unreleased, BTC sessions outtake]
07 Chevy (Old to Begin) [previously unreleased version, BTC sessions]
08 Roll With the Wind (Roxy) [previously unreleased version, BTC sessions]
09 For Sale! The Preston School of Industry [previously unreleased, VPRO "Lola da Musica" TV show, April 4, 1997]
10 Oddity [from the God Save the Clean compilation]
11 Type Slowly (live) [from the Free Tibet compilation]
12 Neil Hagerty Meets Jon Spencer in a Non-Alcoholic Bar [previously unreleased, KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic", February 25, 1997]
13 Maybe Maybe [previously unreleased version, KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic", February 25, 1997]
14 Date w/ IKEA [BBC Radio One John Peel Live Session, August 21, 1997]
15 Fin [BBC Radio One John Peel Live Session, August 21, 1997]
16 Grave Architecture [BBC Radio One John Peel Live Session, August 21, 1997]
17 The Classical [BBC Radio One John Peel Live Session, August 21, 1997]
18 Space Ghost Theme I [previously unreleased, recorded live at WFNX, Boston, February 12, 1997]
19 Space Ghost Theme II [previously unreleased, recorded live at WFNX, Boston, February 12, 1997]
20 Beautiful as a Butterfly [previously unreleased, BTC sessions outtake]
21 Cataracts [previously unreleased, BTC sessions outtake]

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks:

10-23 Calgary, Alberta - The Warehouse *
10-24 Edmonton, Alberta - Starlite Room *
10-25 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Amigo's *
10-27 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Pyramid Cabinet *
10-30 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon *
10-31 Iowa City, IA - The Picador *
11-02 Columbia, MO - The Blue Note *
11-04 Omaha, NE - Slowdown *
11-05 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall *
11-06 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre *
11-08 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *

Really anxious to hear the John Peel stuff

This should be really good. Brighten The Corners doesn't get enough credit in OB. These reissues have all been pretty solid, so I'll probably pick this one up.

The only Pavement album I've listened to. It was really good.

Care to listen to more? depending on who you talk to in OB, the next step would obviously be either crooked rain, crooked rain or slanted and enchanted. If you like a poppy, alternative sound that's riff-heavy, I'd go CRCR. If you like word salad with wall of sound guitars, heavy on the noise, I'd go slanted.

Personally, I'd go slanted. But that's just me.

Wowee Zowee is great too, but it would be a crime to hear it and brighten the corners before the first two.

Slanted and Enchanted is their best
CRCR is a close second
Wowee Zowee is a close third

The reissues of all those albums are each incredible, btw

I'll be getting this the day it comes out. All my Pavement experiences have come via these reissues and I am really pleased by them

There are some shitty tracks, but I'm surprised at how many unreleased ones were actually really, really good. Especially the Slanted and Enchanted ones.

Same here.

I think what I love most about Pavement is their spontaneity. It's like they will play a country western song and just go off in another direction, maybe some jazz or punk or just turn the guitars way up and let the feedback roar for like a minute. They stick to pop formats pretty well though, and Malkmus writes really good lyrics. Nothing feels forced or overwrought, I can listen to them in any mood, it's like they just take little bits of my favorite genres here and their and put them together in kind of a jam format.

Pavement just didn't care. In a world of Arcade Fires, that's a good thing.

what does that mean
washing machine

I am excited for this.

While I enjoy bands like The Arcade Fire, with all of their bombast and multi instrumental production, I really applaud SM and Pavement for their slacker ethic. They just plug in and play. Even Wowee Zowee sounded effortless.

The Slanted and Enchanted reissue is a MUST for fans of the band or even just that particular album in general.

The other songs as well as the Peel sessions could have made a double album, none of them are throwaways. They're more straight-forward and cleaner-sounding, but all catchy with huge earth-scorching guitars. Just fucking awesome. And even though they refined their sound quite a bit on CR, the original drummer was so much better. Too bad they let him go.

Fuuuuuuuuuuck

Pavement's Brighten the Corners Reissue Delayed

Looks like December 9th

The live versions on the second disc are GREAT, as expected.

Type Slowly has an extended jam in the midsection

Lovin' this so far. Got my poster and limited vinyl to boot.

I wish they would release some more live stuff