Pavement: Twilight Terror (1999/2022)

I've always felt some ambivalence towards Pavement's final record, Terror Twilight. As I've previously kvelled, their 1992 debut was truly life-changing for me, while the three that followed were pretty great. But this one was... well, a mixed bag. There were a few stellar tunes that warranted inclusion in the Pavement canon--obviously catchy singles "Spit on a Stranger" and "Carrot Rope," and enjoyable deeper cuts "Folk Jam" and "Major Leagues." But some of the balance made less of an impact on...