Does perfection exist? At a gig? If it's Pavement then yes is definitely the answer. I have a long history with Pavement stretching back to the 90s when I bought Slanted and Enchanted and fell in love with them. They toured Australia and made four more albums and they became my favourite band of all time. They still are. Then they quit. But a return in 2010 was hugely exciting. We managed to see them not only in Sydney but also New York. Then they disappeared again, only to return in 2022. They had some US dates so I organised a trip around them to seem them play in Los Angeles. I was unsure if an Australian trip would eventuate. But it did. And two shows in NSW! So Wednesday night we drove to a small town on the south coast named Thirroul to see them play at a small venue named Anita's which was small and intimate and truly beautiful. And the show? Well yes it was spectacular.   

Every Pavement show has a great set list. Their plethora of songs see to that. But I love how each show is different to the previous. They change it up nightly so you never know what you might get. I mean you know you will receive the 'classics' like 'Cut Your Hair', 'Gold Soundz', 'Unfair' but the rest is a mystery. But I was hoping for 'Trigger Cut' (first Pavement song I ever heard) and 'Summer Babe' and 'Box Elder'. And I got all of them. So I was one very happy fan. But there was more. Classic song after classic song. It was all sheer perfection. Opening with 'Frontwards' started the night perfectly and it didn't let up. The band are so in sync too. For all their slacker reputation they are seriously good musicians. Of course they have no intention to make new music and they'll probably go on hiatus again very soon. But after last night's show it was all very much worth it to see my favourite band one more time again. And I'll see them in Sydney tonight!  

Set List
Frontwards
Stereo
Kennel District
Heckler Spray
(Linden) Lions
Trigger Cut
Two States
Embassy Row
Zurich is Stained
Fight This Generation
Grounded
Gold Soundz
Summer Babe
Black Out
Fame Throwa
Type Slowly
Box Elder
Date w/IKEA
Harness Your Hopes
Shady Lane
The Hexx
Range Life

Fin
Grave Architecture
Unfair
Cut Your Hair