Demolition Plot J-7
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| EP by Pavement | |||||
| Released | June 1, 1990 | ||||
| Recorded | October 16, 1989–October 17, 1989 at Louder Than You Think studios in Stockton, California | ||||
| Genre | Indie rock | ||||
| Length | 12:03 | ||||
| Label | Drag City | ||||
| Producer | Gary Young | ||||
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Demolition Plot J-7 is the second extended play from the American indie rock band Pavement, released in 1989. The EP was the band's first release on the Chicago independent label Drag City Records, and their first release that was not self-issued. Demolition Plot J-7 shared many of the same punk rock and indie rock musical influences asSlay Tracks (1933-1969), but also drew from more diverse sources, including electronica.
Many of the songs on Demolition J-7 were written while Scott Kannberg and Jason Fawkes were in their short-lived band, Pa. After Steven Malkmus heard demos recorded by Pa, the songs turned into a Pavement project. The recording session for Demolition J-7 was more difficult than for Slay Tracks due to Gary Young's jealousy of Fawkes's new role as drummer. The EP received favorable reception from critics and fans, and solidified the band's cult fanbase.
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[edit] Background and recording
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Pavement had gained underground popularity with its debut 1989 EP, Slay Tracks (1933-1969).[1] While Malkmus was traveling to parts of Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East, Kannberg managed the EP's release on the band's self-owned label, Treble Kicker.[2] Slay Tracks caught the attention of Dan Koretzky, an avid record collector working at Reckless Records in Chicago.[3] Koretzky ordered 200 copies of the EP for the record store, and asked Kannberg to sign to his newly started independent label, Drag City Records.[3] At the time the members of Pavement anticipated no further releases beyond Slay Tracks,[4] and Kannberg initially expressed reluctance to sign to any label.[3] Kannberg remembered "I started talking to [Koretzky] and in our conversations he said 'I'm starting this label. Do you want to do something for us?' I said, 'Well I don't know if we're even a band. Steve is off in Europe' He said, "Well if you want to I'm up for it.'"[3]
While Malkmus was still abroad, Kannberg moved in with Jason Fawkes in Sacramento, California.[5] Fawkes, who played drums, and Kannberg formed a band named Pa.[5] Kannberg said, "I didn't know if Pavement was going to do anything so I just said, 'Let's start another band.'" The duo frequently jammed, and considered a future release on Drag City.[5] Pa recorded a series of instrumental demos, including early versions of "Two States", "Forklift", and "Collapse", at Young's Louder Than You Think studios during a trip to Stockton.[5] By the time Kannberg and Fawkes returned to Sacramento Malkmus had returned to California and visited the two, at which time the group decided to turn the songs into a Pavement project.[6] Malkmus wrote lyrics to "Forklift" and presented the band with "two or three other songs" he had previously written.[6]
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In All Music Guide's biography of Pavement Stephen Thomas Erlewine and Heather Phares wrote that, with Demolition Plot J-7, Pavement "had begun to forge [their] influences into its own signature sound."[7]
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[edit] Reception
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Robert Christgau of Village Voice gave the EP a two-star honorable mention, citing "Forklift" as a highlight.[8]
Demolition Plot J-7 was ranked as the fourth best EP of 1990 in that year's Village Voice Pazz & Jop Critic's Poll.[9] Demolition Plot J-7 helped define the early "messed-up, art-steeped guitar noise" sound of Drag City, which would become a seminal independent label.[10] Donna Freydkin of CNN.com wrote in a 1999 retrospective of the band's history that "it was with the release of the 1990 EP [Demolition Plot J-7] that Pavement secured a devoted following."[11] Village Voice writer Michaelangelo Matos noted Demolition Plot J-7 and its follow-up, the 1991 EP Perfect Sound Forever, as "epochal to ... sloppy early-'90s undergrads."[12]
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All tracks were written by Stephen Malkmus, with some early versions attributed to Scott Kannberg.
- "Forklift" – 3:27
- "Spizzle Trunk" – 1:23
- "Recorder Grot" – 2:18
- "Internal K-Dart" – 1:51
- "Perfect Depth" – 2:43
- "Recorder Grot (Rally)" – 0:21
[edit] References
- Jovanovic, Rob (2004). Perfect Sound Forever: The Story of Pavement. (Boston) Justin, Charles & Co. ISBN 1-932112-07-3.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Jovanovic (2004). p. 72
- ^ Jovanovic (2004). p. 67
- ^ a b c d Jovanovic (2004). p. 73
- ^ Jovanovic (2004). p. 61
- ^ a b c d Jovanovic (2004). p. 76
- ^ a b Jovanovic (2004). p. 77
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas and Phares, Heather. "Pavement > Biography". All Music Guide. Retrieved on January 5, 2008.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "Consumer Guide Feb. 26, 1991". Village Voice, February 26, 1991. Retrieved on January 2, 2007.
- ^ "The 1990 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". Village Voice, March 5, 1991.
- ^ Wolk, Douglas. "Slanted Enchantments". The Boston Phoenix, July 17, 2000. Retrieved on January 6, 2007.
- ^ Freydkin, Donna. "Pavement's Stephen Malkmus: Viva la anti-diva". CNN.com, June 21, 2007. Retrieved on October 22, 2007.
- ^ Matos, Michaelangelo. "'My House' Is Not a Home". Village Voice, March 30, 2005. Retrieved on January 6, 2007.
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