Pavement- 'Summer Babe' (Unearthed Video from 1992)

Slanted and Enchanted available now on Matador Records. Stream and order here:

"The story line for the video is the same as Grease's but without a happy ending. Two people from different backgrounds -- an indie rocker and a club kid -- separately waxing nostalgic about their time together. Back then, it was unlikely a club kid would be caught dead with an indie rocker.

It was filmed on 16mm and Super 8 film and edited on video. I was a teenager when I made this -- into Stan Brakhage and Beatles films. It took less than 2 hours to film. All the footage was lost except for a VHS tape with this edit with its enduring timecode. The version of Summer Babe was from an unmastered cassette. The club kid outift was borrowed from Love Saves the Day.

It was filmed on a pier in Greenpoint and in Central Park.

Spiral and Gary were in Stockton which is why it was put on the shelf until now." - Director, Tanya Small

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[Denonify]

Man so many high school memories.Just before the internet changed everything .This album is the epitome of slacker rock.

[mrwhateverism]

I listened to Pavement then, I listen to Pavement now, I will listen to Pavement in the future.

[Goatchild]

Slanted and Enchanted is a classic album. Hell of a debut.

[Goatchild]

Imagine subscribing to Pavement's YouTube channel whenever and getting this notification? Salute to y'all

[greyorbit]

Still my favorite band all these years later. Favorite song too

[herbbirdsfoot]

The preferred mix. Love those languid drums and that gnarly ass guitar tone.

[SuiGenerisMan]

If there was ever a masterpiece album that deserved an audio remaster, it's this one.

[sandy_nes]

I really like watching old recordings such as this, they just hit different in a way

[savagestranger]

Love this freaking song. Reminds me of my youth.

[michitapes]

baller move keeping the OG unmastered audio

[kennel.district]

This album reminds me of winter at high school. No matter how many years (er.. decades) pass and how many listens, it always brings back those feelings. That's powerful music!

[hideyukiyoshimura]

This is kinda fresh and awesome in its own way. Who'd have thought one of my favorite PAVEMENT songs would get an update like this in 2024!

[Ewan-Argo]

I loved this album when it came out and I still do now.

[nineyardstaichi]

I just love playing the drums to this..Plus whole album!No doubt Pavement one of my fav Bands..Introduced by chance in uni...Thank You Matt!For this journey!..

[mitchm]

They release a vid for their 1st single and get gold cert back to back.... Only 25 years after they stopped making new music. Classic pavement, wouldn't have any other way!🎉🎉🎉

[colonialstraits]

The song that defines the 1990s for me.

[Leftyenby]

Haven’t listened to this song in quite a while, so it’s cool to see this song again playing alongside these cool recordings ^^

[BabyDaylinerNYC]

First song, first album, I was hooked wayyyy back. And now a vid, huzzah huzzah glory be to Pave!

[jesstilley]

Brings me back to western Massachusetts every time.

[justincoleman]

Just watching this made me think, if you took all my thoughts, and all my struggles, and all my joys and shit, and then chuck them into a machine that would 1970-something, bad sci-fi, spit out a song that describes my youth, and this came out, hell yes!
Honestly, I still listen to this all the time and if that crafty little data thrusting machine spit this song about my life, it would be kickass as well.