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Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins

Pavement · 2004

158 min · 49 tracks · alternative rock

A kaleidoscopic blend of slacker rock, jangly guitars, and introspective lyrics defining a generation's disillusionment.

Is this for you?

Good fit if you like

  • dynamic exploration of varied pacing
  • headphone detail hunting through layers
  • nostalgic reflections on disillusionment
  • sing-along anthems for road trips
  • for long afternoon listens

Maybe skip if you want

  • need for instant gratification
  • prefer straightforward song structures

Where this album fits

Career context
Released in 2004, 'Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain: LA's Desert Origins' marked Pavement's return after a six-year hiatus, following their last studio album, 'Terror Twilight'. This record showcases a matured sound while retaining the band's signature lo-fi aesthetic, reflecting their evolution amidst the changing landscape of indie rock.
Stylistic neighbors
Sonic Youth· Guided by Voices· The Fall

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 Silence Kit 3:00
  • 2 Elevate Me Later 2:51
  • 3 Stop Breathin’ 4:27
  • 4 Cut Your Hair 3:06
  • 5 Newark Wilder 3:53
  • 6 Unfair 2:33
  • 7 Gold Soundz 2:39
  • 8 5 − 4 = Unity 2:09
  • 9 Range Life 4:54
  • 10 Heaven Is a Truck 2:30
  • 11 Hit the Plane Down 3:36
  • 12 Fillmore Jive 6:38
  • 13 Camera 3:45
  • 14 Stare 2:51
  • 15 Raft 3:34
  • 16 Coolin’ by Sound 2:50
  • 17 Kneeling Bus 1:34
  • 18 Strings of Nashville 3:46
  • 19 Exit Theory 0:59
  • 20 5 − 4 Vocal 2:08
  • 21 Jam Kids 4:54
  • 22 Haunt You Down 4:51
  • 23 Unseen Power of the Picket Fence 3:51
  • 24 Nail Clinic 2:25

Disc 2

  • 1 All My Friends 5:12
  • 2 Soiled Little Filly 2:08
  • 3 Range Life 4:11
  • 4 Stop Breathing 3:54
  • 5 Ell Ess Two 2:44
  • 6 Flux = Rad 2:11
  • 7 Bad Version of War 3:27
  • 8 Same Way of Saying 4:35
  • 9 Hands off the Bayou 2:43
  • 10 Heaven Is a Truck (Egg Shell) 2:20
  • 11 Grounded 3:35
  • 12 Kennel District 3:24
  • 13 Pueblo (Beach Boys) 3:47
  • 14 Fucking Righteous 2:47
  • 15 Colorado 1:13
  • 16 Dark Ages 2:39
  • 17 Flood Victim 1:17
  • 18 JMC Retro 0:52
  • 19 Rug Rat 3:05
  • 20 Strings of Nashville (instrumental) 3:50
  • 21 Instrumental 3:40
  • 22 Brink of the Clouds 3:48
  • 23 Tartar Martyr 3:13
  • 24 Pueblo Domain 4:18
  • 25 The Sutcliffe Catering Song 3:22

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