Pavement to release first new song in 25 years for upcoming film soundtrack

Fans of indie rock icons Pavement are getting ready for the band’s first new music in 25 years.

The Californian band, originally active from 1989 to 1999, released five albums, including 1992’s Oblique and charming1994 Crooked rain, Crooked rainand 1997 light up cornerswhich peaked at No. 70 on the Billboard 200, becoming the band’s highest-charting single in the United States.

The group originally disbanded in November 1999 and last month major league EP serves as their final original material. Since then, the band members have been actively involved in other projects, including a series of reissues that supplement their original albums with countless unreleased and rare tracks.

Although Pavement returned for a reunion tour in 2010, there was another hiatus before a second reunion was announced in 2019. Held in October as the New York premiere of Alex Ross Perry’s experimental biopic/documentary, sidewalk.

Originally premiering at the Venice International Film Festival in September, sidewalk Preparations are being made for wider release, and a soundtrack will accompany it.

during an interview creative control On the podcast, Pavement’s Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg talks with host Vish Khanna as well as Perry and producer/editor Robert Greene about the film before turning his attention to the upcoming soundtrack. When asked about the current Pavement activities and the future of the band, Kamberg explained that a new track from the band will also be included.

“There’s going to be a new ‘Pavement’ song on the soundtrack, and that’s all I’m going to give you,” he explained. “I just heard some remixes today and it was pretty good. It’s not a big deal, it’s just cool because it’s something different and it’s a song we all enjoy playing.

According to Kanberg, the as-yet-untitled song was started during rehearsals for the band’s recent reunion, although previous setlists indicate it was not performed at any of the shows.

Pavement’s official status is currently unclear, and at their recent show in New York, percussionist/vocalist Bob Nastanovich told the audience it would be their “last show for a long time.” . That same month, vocalist and guitarist Stephen Malkmus began playing as one quarter of indie supergroup The Hard Quartet with Chavez and the Dirty Three members perform live performances together.