malkmus PIG LIB: 1% of one

Steve Shasta, I know it's a dirty word but if you're desperate Sp*tify has the Dark Wave EP with those tracks on it

"(Do Not Feed the) Oyster" is the most obnoxious song he'd written to date.

I was quite enjoying it listening back last night.

Think the outliers here are Dark Wave and Craw Song, but they've grown on me now. He got a lot more obnoxious on Face The Truth. 'Pencil Rot' is pretty much 'Dark Wave' but with the annoying factor amped up.

Craw Song took forever to charm me, now it seems essential.

I don’t know if I’d revise the overall tracklist. Every piece is where it needs to be.

Yeah and the little xtra EP works as a piece too. I still can't get into the following two albums despite trying a few times. Might go do a deep dive on what I've missed

Steve Shasta, I know it's a dirty word but if you're desperate Sp*tify has the Dark Wave EP with those tracks on it

― ...eh you get the gist of it (dog latin), Thursday, December 7, 2023 2:53 AM (one hour ago)

I need to move to UK I guess. :`(

https://www.discogs.com/release/683373-Stephen-Malkmus-The-Jicks-Pig-Lib

Had no idea Poet And The Witch was a cover!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Qw-J00Dek

there is def something a bit presidents of the united states of america to '(do not feed the) oyster' but there are some elegant flourishes that give it a little extra, he's written more obnoxious songs

Haha yeah, I don't really like it when he flips into wilfully whacky surrealism (following up a track called 'Dragonfly Pie' with a song called 'Hopscotch Willie', I mean"