Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Mirror Traffic (New CD)

Coming off a triumphant year of Pavement reunion shows, Stephen Malkmus returned to the studio with Beck producing to record his fifth solo album, MIRROR TRAFFIC. Recorded in Becks studio over a period of two years, the 15-track album ranges from hard-rocking political commentary, to touching, winsome folk, to astonishingly virtuosic but melancholy and contrite kiwi pop. The sonics are stunningly clear and impactful, while the lyrics are as inventive as ever but more meaningful than they have been since CROOKED RAIN, CROOKED RAIN.

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