Pavement have mentioned it could be “whole cringe” in the event that they recorded new music following their reunion tour.
Again in 2020, frontman Stephen Malkmus advised NME they wouldn’t be writing new music forward of their reunion tour, as a result of they needed it to be “just like the Nineties.”
“It’s just about simply pure nostalgia in my thoughts, however I need to try to get that proper,” he continued.
After their headline present at London’s Roundhouse final month, guitarist Scott Kannberg and Malkmus sat down for the most recent in NME’s In Dialog sequence.
Through the interview, the pair revealed Pavement in all probability wouldn’t be recording new music collectively.
“It’d be whole cringe if we did that,” mentioned Malkmus. “No method. These songs are good, they exist on this current. That’s simply me, anybody can do what they need. It’s your life, select your journey. If any band needs to make a brand new album, they like to try this, that’s completely rad. However, yeah, not taking place.”
“I perceive the impetus to place out a brand new document; it makes it appear to be the band’s extra legit or one thing and never identical to a cash-in deal,” he continued. “Nevertheless it doesn’t must be that method in case you simply personal your songs. And folks can see in case you’re geezers on a cash-in reunion tour or in the event that they’re doing it as a result of they’re having a blast.”
“We like what we’ve carried out,” added Kannberg.
Responding to the concept Pavement followers would need new music from the band, Malkmus mentioned: “It’s not like we couldn’t play a brand new track dwell both; I’m not fully averse to doing that. We simply don’t want it recorded.”
The band initially introduced their reunion in 2019, with exhibits booked at Primavera Sound in Barcelona in addition to its sister competition in Portugal. Attributable to COVID-19 enforced delays, they ended up enjoying their first reunion present in Might 2022.
