Like like the the the POLL: SILVER JEWS = American Water

i'm pretty sure i heard American Water before i spent much time (if any) with Pavement.

Silver Jews-style Malkmus is still my favorite

guys i get sm's role in the history of silver jews, v familiar with the stories of these bands. it took me a while to get into the presence of vox by someone other than the primary songwriter /= revisionist history

This to me is the <3 of American Water

Steve is good to have around because he’s a complete song stylist and I can bring even a really lame song out and he can polish anything up with what he does. He can make anything into gold.

who’s BN?

bob nastanovich, i think

Fwiw it’s strictly a voice thing for me; i love Steve’s guitar all over American water. the solo on random rules is perfect. even like the goofy wah pedal on People

that quotes interesting.. it’s so hard for me to imagine Dave writing federal dust tho. the whole vocal melody and rhythm of it is so Steve. Blue arrangements too

Malkmus has writing credits on both of those tracks fwiw.

(as well as Gate Pratt on "Honk")

For me it's probably just that I grew tired of Malkmus, fairly or not. I started with S&E and Starlite Walker as a schoolkid but have entered a long refractory period during which I don't really want to hear him, especially late Pavement. Maybe American Water gives off occasional Brighten the Corners vibes or something. It doesn't necessarily make much sense as I don't think I'm ever not in the mood for Starlite Walker.

American Water is miles better than Brighten The Corners.

Even Malkmus thought so!

(Or maybe he said that about terror twilight, I don’t remember)

American Water is better than Terror Twilight as well!

yeah american water is better than 2.5-3 pavement albums

it's better than the last two, that's it tho

I'm a huge Pavement fan and pretty much love all their albums, but I love American Water even more.

Oh my god there is so much gold in the interview Al linked upthread.

David: Yeah, really. What am I afraid of? I’m really afraid of hurting people. I’m really afraid of my car breaking down. I’m really afraid of dying before I get things done. I’m really afraid of my landlord’s wife.

CB: Why?

David: She’s a battleaxe, she’s like a lot of people in Northampton. She’s just really really harsh. They live next door, so I always hear her outside. She was yelling this morning at her grandson. Her grandson has this little stuffed owl and she was saying “The owl goes ‘hoot!’” and she asked her grandson “Now what does the owl say? ” and her grandson didn’t say anything, he was really quiet. She says “WHAT DOES THE OWL SAY? ” and her grandson didn’t say anything and so she said “THE OWL SAYS ‘HOOT!’ WHAT DOES THE OWL SAY?!!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xug9Ty0FD0

Singing:
Elisa Ambrogio, Meg Baird, Cassie Berman, Bill Callahan, Ben Chasny, Bill MacKay, Haley Fohr, David Grubbs, Cory Hanson, Emmett Kelly, Matt Kinsey, Sean O’Hagan, Will Oldham, David Pajo, Todd Rittmann, Alasdair Roberts, Matt Sweeney, Mick Turner, George Xylouris, Azita Youssefi.

Featuring:
Bill Callahan, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Cassie Berman, Boneman the dog, David Grubbs, Bill MacKay, George Xylouris, Shelagh Hannan, Apollonia Xylouris, Fred Somsen, Sue Ng-Espada, Matt Kinsey, Tony Crow, Azita Youssefi, Caitlin Rose Mahoney, Cory Hanson, Brett Sova, David Pajo.

!!!

Wonder why Malkmus declined or wasn't asked?

Anyways, I was just thinking the other day of how incredible the American Water band was:

DCB: vox/guitar
SM: guitar/vox
Mike Fellows (Rites Of Spring/Happy Go Licky/Royal Trux/Drag City house band): bass
Tim Barnes (The Essex Green/Drag City house band): drums
Chris Stroffolino: keys/organ

haha, clever video. I really like the part where the stuntman contemplates a better burrito

Oh man, I'm not sure where to put this but since I just posted about him a few weeks ago on this thread:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/tim-barnes-medical-expenses

On a lighter note, the painter of the album cover found a photograph of the original cover painting (tho in the comments he mentions that the painting is probably in a landfill or given away):

https://www.instagram.com/p/CI5q152l7yF/

25 years / 46k beers

https://www.instagram.com/p/CyoGeQhvmMF/

Those NY Press ads are fantastic!

NY ‘98, what a time to be alive

“Night Society” remains straight Fire