Original sentence: It has released three albums to date.Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks is a rock band.Their first, "Stephen Malkmus" was Malkmus' first release of note since the break up of Pavement
Edited sentence: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks has released three albums to date.Their first, "Stephen Malkmus" was Malkmus' first release of note since the break up of Pavement and was a more accessble album sticking to simpler, more meodic songs while demonstating Malkmus' viruosic guitar playing