Pavement
‘Quarantine The Past: The Best Of Pavement’
(Domino)

Night follows day. Jon Mc- Clure is about one twelfth as talented as he is in his own head. Pavement are one of the most important bands of the last twenty years. True facts. To state that ‘Quarantine The Past’, then, is genius in the way that it practically deserves a different rating scale is a given. What we will say is that, unlike many Best Of’s before it, ‘Quarantine…’ actually succeeds in acting as both an accessible introduction and a cohesive trip down memory lane – although we still don’t understand why Malkmus didn’t just do all the vocals. Apart from that, the only suitable reaction to their latest release is to grin inanely and shout ‘REUNION REUNION REUNION’ over and over until May comes round.

Lisa Wright