Stephen Malkmus – The Hook
Stephen Malkmus will always be “that guy from Pavement”. There’s simply no getting around it. It’s something that makes appreciating his solo albums somewhat difficult. Once one manages to though, his recent work doesn’t seem quite so bad. Which isn’t to say that everything he’s done is great, but there are usually at least a couple of gems hidden on each album.
Take The Hook from his 2001 self-titled album. First of all, there aren’t enough songs about pirates. That’s something that can be proved with science. So you end with a swashbuckling adventure that is probably more about Malkmus’ time in Pavement than adventures on the high seas. As you can imagine, it’s all rather whimsical, but that’s half of it’s charm.
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