I'm surprised by this album. I'm not a Pavement fan, but I am a fan of Silver Jews and Purple Mountains, if that counts.
I really like Stephen Malkmus's vocals. The production is nice. The songs seem to have been the main objectives on this album: all people involved for the best of the individual tracks, more than 'let's just make music because we like each other'.
I can't remember a single melody of a single song on this album, but I've listened to it twice over two weeks. I rarely revisit new albums but I will relisten to this album. Mmm-good.