PAVEMENT ANNOUNCE HECKLERS CHOICE
NEW BEST-OF COMPILATION
OUT DIGITALLY NOW
LP+CD OUT NOVEMBER 14
(ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK)
RELEASED ON 2XLP AND 2XCD NOVEMBER 14
Matador Records announce details of two “new” Pavement releases. For the rookies: The brand-new best-of compilation Hecklers Choice: Big Gums and Heavy Lifters. And for the heads: the physical edition of the PAVEMENTS (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
Hard to believe we made it, but here we are. A sold-out reunion. Gold records. A critically-lauded feature film. Stockton, CA’s finest are once again seated atop the throne and Pavement is the biggest band in the world, North America, the coastal United States. And yet, we get the sense there’s still a lot of people who don’t know who the hell they are. Thus, Matador Records will release Hecklers Choice, Pavement’s second-ever “best of” compilation. Look, it’s been more than a decade. Back when Quarantine the Past came out in 2010, TikTok wasn’t a thing. This newly revamped track-list accounts for any/all viral sensations that have emerged hence (‘Harness Your Hopes’) while continuing to rep the timeworn tunes that have remained playlist and mixtape staples for in-the-know-types across generations.
Hecklers Choice is out digitally now and will be available on CD and LP on November 14.
PAVEMENTS (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is also being made available on CD and LP, out November 14. Pre-order HERE.
Compiled by PAVEMENTS producer/editor Robert Greene and the band, the soundtrack ropes together disparate elements of the film – dialogue snippets, scenes from the fake Oscar-bait biopic Range Life, and cast recordings from the Slanted! Enchanted! jukebox musical as well as live and rehearsal recordings from the group’s 2021 reunion tour. The full-band performances were mixed by Bryce Goggin, who worked on Pavement classics Crooked Rain Crooked Rain, Wowee Zowee, and Brighten the Corners.
Pavement are Mark Ibold, Scott “Spiral Stairs” Kannberg, Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich and Steve West. Among the most beloved acts to come out of the American underground in the 1990’s, the band released five era-defining albums – Slanted And Enchanted (1992), Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994), Wowee Zowee (1995), Brighten The Corners (1997) and Terror Twilight (1999) – before disbanding in 1999. Pavement’s 2022 reunion saw them headline Primavera Sound and perform sold-out multi-night runs in Los Angeles, New York, and London.
HECKLERS CHOICE: BIG GUMS AND HEAVY LIFTERS
TRACKLIST
1. Stereo
2. Harness Your Hopes
3. Cut Your Hair
4. Shady Lane
5. Unfair
6. Major Leagues
7. Summer Babe – Winter Version
8. Gold Soundz
9. Range Life
10. Spit on a Stranger
11. Date w/ Ikea
12. Here
PAVEMENTS ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK TRACKLIST
1. Intro for a Major Motion Picture
2. Our Singer (LA Rehearsal Session)
3. Joe Keery Screen Test (Movie Clip)
4. Angel Carver Blues / Mellow Jazz Docent (Live at Cirkus, Stockholm)
5. You’re Killing Me/ My Radio / Nothing Ever Happens (Jukebox Musical Versions)
6. Spizzle Truck (Portland Rehearsal Session)
7. It’s What I Want (Movie Clip)
8. In the Mouth a Desert (Live at Le Grand Rex, Paris)
9. Priceless Art (Movie Clip)
10. Fame Throwa (LA Rehearsal Session)
11. Song is Sacred (Movie Clip)
12. Here (Jukebox Musical Versions)
13. Zurich is Stained (Live at Cirkus, Stockholm)
14. When Songs Are Bought (Movie Clip)
15. Witchi Tai-To (LA Rehearsal Session)
16. Don’t Fuck with My Rolls Man (Movie Clip)
17. Two States (Live at Cirkus, Stockholm)
18. I Can’t Play Billie Joel / “Range Life” Theme (Movie Clips)
19. Joe Keery Sings Range Life at Fake Lollapalooza (Deleted Scene)
20. Serpentine Pad (LA Rehearsal Session)
21. Stairwell Scene (Movie Clip)
22. Fillmore Jive (Portland Rehearsal Session)
23. Circa 1762 (John Peel Session)
24. We Dance (Jukebox Musical Versions)
25. Unfair (Live at Cirkus, Stockholm)
26. Harness Your Hopes (Live at Cirkus, Stockholm)
27. Still Waiting on that Gold Record (Spiral Interview)
28. Shoot the Singer (Snail Mail – Live from the Pavement Museum in NYC)
29. Endless Loop of Songs (Deleted Scene)
30. No More Absolutes / So Mind Blowing (Movie Clips)
31. Grounded (Live at the Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles)
32. Fight This Generation (Mud Throwa Musical – Live Mix)
33. The Band That Ruined Lollapalooza (Movie Clip)
34. The Infrastructure Rots (Movie Clip / Jukebox Musical Versions)
35. Type Slowly (Live at Cirkus, Stockholm)
36. Slanted! Enchanted! Tryouts! (Movie Clip)
37. Grave Architecture (Portland Rehearsal Session)
38. I Heard Pavement for the First Time Six Weeks Ago (Movie Clip)
39. Give it a Day (Jukebox Musical Versions)
40. I Just Saw a Ghost (Movie Clip)
41. Slanted! Enchanted! Finale! (Jukebox Musical Versions)
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