Pacific Trim

Pacific Trim
EP by
Pavement
ReleasedJanuary 23, 1996
GenreIndie rock
Length7:37
LabelMatador Records
Pavement chronology
Wowee Zowee
(1995) 		Pacific Trim
(1996) 		Brighten the Corners
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer GuideB+[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]
Stylus Magazinefavorable[4]

Pacific Trim is the fifth EP released by American indie rock band Pavement on January 23, 1996 through Matador Records.[5][6] It was recorded on short notice to coincide with the band's Australian tour.

Background

The recording features only Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich and Steve West — the session had actually been booked for a Silver Jews recording, but David Berman became unavailable at the last minute and the group couldn't afford to waste the studio time. The CD release contained three tracks with a fourth song, "I Love Perth", included only on the vinyl edition, which references the city of Perth in Western Australia. Allmusic concludes that the EP "isn't much more than a throwaway, but it is an extremely enjoyable one".

Although the EP is out of print, all four songs are available on the two-CD set Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition.

Track listing

  1. "Give It a Day" – 2:37
  2. "Gangsters and Pranksters" – 1:29
  3. "Saganaw" – 3:31
  4. "I Love Perth" – 1:08 (vinyl version only)

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Pacific Trim [EP] - Pavement". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Pavement". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishers. p. 242. ISBN 9780312245603.
  3. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 624. ISBN 9780743201698.
  4. ^ McElligatt, Colin (2003-09-01). "Pavement - Pacific Trim". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 2005-04-21. Retrieved 2017-11-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ Pavement - Pacific Trim [EP] Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2022-09-11
  6. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Pavement". www.robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2022-09-11.