"Pavement weren’t the only early-’90s band that turned noise into something like pop [...] but the low-key charm of Slanted and Enchanted felt different. Whatever angst they might’ve felt was sublimated by a bookishness and sense of grandeur that made even their feedback seem sweet."
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