The Last Psychedelic Band

Pavement @ Pitchfork Music Festival, 7/18/2010

Cut Your Hair / In The Mouth A Desert / Silent Kid / Kennel District / Shady Lane / Frontwards / Unfair / Grounded / Debris Slide / Spit On A Stranger / Range Life / Perfume-V / Trigger Cut / Fin / Stereo / Two States / Gold Soundz / Conduit For Sale! / Stop Breathin’ / Here / The Hexx

Pavement “Unfair”

I don’t know how to write about seeing my favorite band for the first time in over a decade in any sort of critical way. Any critical part of my brain was shut off during this set, it was all just a blur of glee, love, fandom, and an emotional bond with all of this music that goes beyond reason. I was freaking out through most of this show. I’d be embarrassed to see footage of myself, especially during “Unfair.” But it was like…a religious experience, maybe? Like what it could be to go be a devout person finally going to a holy land, or maybe it’s more like saying your prayers in the company of the very people who penned them. Maybe I’m overstating it, maybe I’m not. I think that more than any other music, this is the music that is the most a part of the fabric of who I am, and this was a hugely enjoyable and possibly profound thing for me. That’s about as close as I can get to explaining this.

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