Big thanks to Jeff Neily for passing along a tape we've been after for quite a while. Pavonine are one of those shortly-lived, much-heralded bands that we'd actually never heard/seen. There's no date on this tape, but we think it's from 1996 or 1997, shortly after Fire Engine Red and Placebo had called it quits. Update: we got confirmation that it's from early '97 - and we also found the article below from the January 1997 issue of VOX. Apparently, this tape was release in super-limited quantities - like about 20. [img width=575]https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA6JJC1AkIH4Nx52SMB2CY_JENwQKj6-995QU_99JhyphenhyphenBtD8NKTLRYvEPgR7YhEoaPmTui7yY6NLx0uFtiHEGfqBlNcqKWN6uWnflWt48PFojS_D4LKUMFVd1KwTB9_AVJWhe3Sxi5v6Z95/s1600/pavonine.JPG[/img] We're big fans of Brooker Buckingham's guitar work (we remember an amazingly poorly-mixed Fire Engine Red show at Dinny's Den, where we think Brooker was making sweet guitar god love to his Fender, but we actually couldn't hear a single note), so this is a real treat to finally hear. Brooker's guitar break on "Lester Bangs" alone makes the wait worth it. Not to say that Elescia Eisler's contributions are any lesser - her Yo La Tengo-esque "Seiche" is candy.
