#316 (of 365) "Silence Kit" Pavement

Pavement were once one of my top 2 favorite bands of all time. And by "once," I mean almost all of my musical memory. They were my 2nd favorite through the late '90s to '80s-era stalwarts The Smiths and New Order, then to newer bands in 00s like Modest Mouse and Sunset Rubdown, and most of the past decade behind only Superchunk. They unfortunately were short-lived as a band, debuting in 1990 and ending by 1999, and though they have toured on occasion and re-released each of their albums with a longer version featuring a boatload of unreleased tracks over the past 20 years, the lack of new music has, for me, led some of the luster to fade, so they are no longer my 2nd favorite band (replaced in recent years by contemporaries Built to Spill). Even so, this track is the 1st of 10 (!) songs to make this list.

"Silence Kit" - Pavement // Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)