Another Form of Relief

Ed is Dead laments superb bands that are no longer with us. It’s named in honour of the Pixies song to remind us that even though it’s sad they split up, it’s far worse when they get back together.

The unfortunate thing about writing these pieces is that I realise how many great bands have broken up, and secondly, how the majority of my favourite music now tends to date back a decade. Which is odd given I wasn’t into most of this stuff back then. Yet I can still compare bands of now and then and lament that “they don’t make them like they used to”.

It was around eight years ago that I first listened to Pavement, which means they had already been broken up for a year at the time. A couple of years of scouring over most of their releases and I can consider myself a fan. A few years in my collection to mature and they become one of the greats. Now I hope for a new band to come along that sounds like this. I don’t know some generic guitar rock band that cites Pavement as an influence either. I want a band that embraces randomness, doesn’t make a great deal of sense and has a general feeling of not giving a shit. I suspect I’ll be waiting a while.

Until then, we’ve still got three classic records and a handful of other decent releases to make do with. It’s not like this is music that ages.

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