This shows them settling for dull ballads like Major Leagues and Spit on a Stranger. There are good tracks, most of them in fact, Speak See Remember, Carrot Rope and Folk Jam are all good, just not a patch on the weirdness of their old stuff. Perhaps they should just call it a day and give up before they ruin what good albums they have by making more of these. Terror Twilight is the album which introduced me to Pavement. It isn't a particularly easy record to get into, but like most difficult records, is all the more rewarding for that.
Pavement are fantastic.
Buy this album. Latest offering from the band responsible for Blurs change of sound. In the same vein as 'Brighten The Corners' Pavement have opted for an even more comercial sound but never leaving their lo-fi roots. Pavement have been among the most influencial bands to come from the states in the last 10 years and with every album strengthen their core following. They used Radiohead's producer Nigel Godrich, watch the name pop-up this year on another great album this year.