Crate Digs The Weird Chemistry of Louder Than You Think

The soundtrack to Louder Than You Think: A Lo-Fi History of Gary Young and Pavement Crate Records‘ Pick of the Week on February 9. “More than a side note to the story of Pavement,” the site writes, “this compilation captures the strange, raw orbit around Gary Young — basement recordings, tape-soaked experiments, and the beautifully unstable energy that helped define the band’s earliest phase. It’s not polished indie canon — it’s the wobble underneath it. What ties the record together is the lo-fi spirit in its purest form: impulsive decisions, imperfect takes, and personality left fully in the mix. You hear ideas forming in real time — sometimes brilliant, sometimes barely holding together — but always unmistakably human. Not a revisionist clean-up job, but a document of the noise, the risk, and the weird chemistry that scenes are built on before history smooths the edges.”

Check out the feature here. The soundtrack is at radio now from Independent Project Records.