Pacific Trim

Pacific Trim is the fifth EP released by American indie rock band Pavement on January 23, 1996 through Matador Records.^[5][6] It was recorded on short notice to coincide with the band's Australian tour.

Pacific Trim
EP by Pavement
Released	January 23, 1996
Genre	Indie rock
Length	7:37
Label	Matador Records
Pavement chronology
Wowee Zowee (1995) Pacific Trim (1996) Brighten the Corners (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	B+[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]
Stylus Magazine	favorable[4]

Background

The recording features only Stephen Malkmus, Bob Nastanovich and Steve West — the session had actually been booked for a Silver Jews recording, but David Berman became unavailable at the last minute and the group couldn't afford to waste the studio time. The CD release contained three tracks with a fourth song, "I Love Perth", included only on the vinyl edition, which references the city of Perth in Western Australia. Allmusic concludes that the EP "isn't much more than a throwaway, but it is an extremely enjoyable one".

Although the EP is out of print, all four songs are available on the two-CD set Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition.

Track listing

1. "Give It a Day" – 2:37
2. "Gangsters and Pranksters" – 1:29
3. "Saganaw" – 3:31
4. "I Love Perth" – 1:08 (vinyl version only)