(Video Post) - Archers of Loaf - Lowest Part is Free - 1994
AoL strikes me as a more venomous Pavement. Malkmus and Bachmann both seem to use their music as an outlet for brooding, but they accomplish this differently: Malkmus cracks wise and approaches his problems ironically, almost passive-aggressively; Bachmann is more confrontational about his social resentments and corporate frustrations.
This track is off their 1994 EP, Vs the Greatest of All Time, which was released in the interim between Icky Mettle and Vee Vee. The video editing is great, and so is the song, which makes fun of bands looking for record label attention: "Strike up the band, turn off the random, calling out to the A&R, A&R. So full of shit; let's write some hits, here come the A&R, A&R..."
I'll post links to Archers of Loaf records soon.
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