Kick back and bathe in its scrapbook style, as Stephen Malkmus and co. Slanted and Enchanted encapsulates that slacker feeling perfectly, self-effacing and cynical, pissed off but apathetic, stuck together with sticky tape and glue, no rehearsals, no refining. We could have picked any one of Pavement’s five studio albums but we went for their first, before they were the Lords of Slackertown, just mere lazy lizards, sunning themselves in the Californian sun (no doubt the most slacker of all the suns out there). Buy now on LP Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted
Clocking in at a tight 33 minutes, it finds time to include the anthems Stove and Half The Time, proving that even ahead of their breakthrough albums It's a Shame About Ray and Come on Feel the band were worthy of your love. The Lemonheads - LoveyĪrguably the poster boy for an entire generation of slackers, Evan Dando and his band The Lemonheads' major label debut remains the diamond in the rough of the indie rock hinterland circa 1990. Here are some of our favourite recommendations for anyone looking for an introduction to the sub-genre a short timeline of the original slacker sound, up to the current generation of slackers we can't get enough of.
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Just mere lazy lizards, sunning themselves in the Californian sun (no doubt the most slacker of all the suns out there).Ī genre which is very much still thriving since its emergence in the early '90s, we're big fans of the laid-back, lo-fi sound, which has seen a revival with the rise of contemporary slacker acts such as Mac Demarco, ( don't miss forthcoming LP Five Easy Hot Dogs in 2023), Frankie Cosmos and Courtney Barnett.
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