Stephen Malkmus Talks New Music, Sounding like The Cribs, Possibility of Pavement Reunion

Stephen Malkmus told Spin.com in a phone interview about new material from the Jicks and the recording of a new album. He told them about some new songs: "We've been playing, like, six of the new songs live, often to the chagrin of some people who have never heard 'em before. There's 'Sentimental Lesbians -- it's a working title.... There's one called 'Astro Facial .' and there's 'The Del Rey Song,' which is influenced by a guy named Del Rey -- but, as usual, it doesn't sound like him." Then he talked about the band's sound: "There are some catchy upbeat ones influenced by playing live. And then there are some [that use] time signature changes on classic rock forms -- things that people wouldn't have bothered to do back then, but you have to now because you don't want to sound like some retro band....There's one song that sounds like the Cribs, which is a band from England. And there's a waltz -- there's always a waltz." And like every band waiting to be reunited he leaves Pavement's fate in this quote: "Pavement was a really hardworking band through the '90s, so it wouldn't be surprising if we wanted to revisit that, The option's open. But the Jicks are so good that there's not a reason to go back right now." Hopefully its soon seeing other 90s band reuniting like Blur and My Bloody Valentine.

Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Two Tickets to Paradise (Eddie Money Cover) (Siren Festival 7-19-08) [zshare]
Pavement - Texas Never Whispers [zshare]