Pacific Trim

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Pacific Trim
Pavement-Pacific Trim.jpg
EP by
ReleasedJanuary 23, 1996
Genre Indie rock
Length7:37
Label Matador Records
Pavement chronology
Wowee Zowee
(1995)
Pacific Trim
(1996)
Brighten the Corners
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide B+ [2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Stylus Magazine favorable [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.

Contents

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)

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