Pavement are having a very active 2022, with a bevy of anniversaries, reissues and a reunion tour, but that hasn't stopped cofounder Scott Kannberg from announcing a new Spiral Stairs album, Medley Attack!!!, which will be out July 8 via his own Amazing Grease label.
The album, his sixth, was made during a tumultuous time that included a couple relocations, the death of his longtime friend and bassist Matt Harris (also of Oranger and The Posies), and, of course, a global pandemic. “It’s definitely been the weirdest and the hardest record to make, but I think I like it the best, really. I think they’re my best lyrics - they’re pretty dark, but they’re pretty honest and they tell stories a little more than in the past. And originally it was really going to be a stripped-down swan song record - I really didn’t want to get a bunch of people involved - but I ended up getting so many of my closest friends and people I admire to help and I couldn’t be prouder of the results. It’s kind of made me want to make more records!”