Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Hard Rock who also contributes the album's

who also contributes the album's sole guest feature

All 13 tracks were recorded by the band and mixed and mastered by man-about-town

brooding post-punk album since Joy Division

The King of Limbs is a familiar

One of modern music's most intriguing entities resurface after one of the most obtuse and exciting build ups in memory

Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain Hard Rock who also contributes the album'sCrooked Rain strips away the hiss and fog of it's predecessor S&E, removing some of indie band Pavement's mystery yet retaining their fractured sound and spirit. It's filled with loose ends and ragged transitions, but compared to the fuzzy, dense Slanted , Crooked Rain is direct and immediately engaging it puts the band's casual melodicism, sprawling squalls of feedback, disheveled country rock, and Stephen Malkmus' deft wordplay in sharp relief.