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...band to drown out the lyrics, it is clear that the group has the potential to sing admirably. However, as a rule, they seem more aware of what they should be doing at a given moment (in terms of choreography) than why they are doing it. This apparently aimless motion-playing, agitated by the compromised intelligibility of the lyrics, does regrettable damage to the finished product...
...combination. In most instances, this tactic fails. "Was," "Oh Well" and "Losing Kind" have the sound of recycled Bon Jovi B-sides. The lead guitar spurs the song's movement with redundant and basic chords, while the bassline is a simple mirror of the lead. Shepherd's vocals appear aimless, as if he is trying to establish an aura of a laid-back rock band playing over the loudspeaker of a busy restaurant...
Listening to this avant-rock band's new album is like arriving late to a mystery movie. You wonder, "Have I missed something?" In the case of Terror Twilight, you haven't. About a third of the songs on this album lack musical coherence, substituting aimless dissonance and artless artiness for melody and emotion. On a few tracks, however, Pavement lives up to its cerebral reputation; these boast a smart mix of studied elegance and ethereal sweetness. Still, this is a band that needs to replace indulgence with consistency...
...commencing the rest of our lives with barely a plan, let alone a career or "consulting job that I'm holding for two years until B-school," the abyss needn't be so deep. Hell, you could always move to San Francisco, ever a haven for the aimless-and maybe that's not a bad idea to begin with. Despite Harvard's emphasis to the contrary, uncertainty is no vice. You'll be surprised just how many seniors have no clue what they'll be doing next year. One of us hopes he won't be selling his soul...
Williamson was an eagle scout and student-body president in high school and won a scholarship to U.N.C. After graduation he spent an aimless year in New Orleans, where he played guitar in a rock band, smoked marijuana and drank too much. He returned to U.N.C. for law school in 1992 but had trouble concentrating. He also began talking, his mother recalls, "about how he could read people's minds, and they could read his." One day, walking near the law school, he started screaming and slapping himself...