Pacific Trim Explained

Pacific Trim
Type:EP
Artist:Pavement
Cover:Pavement-Pacific_Trim.jpg
Released:January 23, 1996
Genre:Indie rock
Length:7:37
Label:Matador Records
Prev Title:Wowee Zowee
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:Brighten the Corners
Next Year:1997

Pacific Trim is the fifth EP released by American indie rock band Pavement on January 23, 1996.[1] It was recorded on short notice to coincide with the band's Australian tour.

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 .

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)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Robert Christgau: CG: Pavement . 2022-09-11 . www.robertchristgau.com.