Face the Truth/Perfect Sound Forever COMBO

FOR A LIMITED TIME GET FACE THE TRUTH AND THE PERFECT SOUND FOREVER BOOK FOR ONE LOW PRICE. Face the Truth unveils a new Stephen Malkmus. His exuberance has given way to bliss, and his performances are more disarming and electrifying than ever. The volatile SM who sang "Water and a Seat" as if he were Muhammad Ali extolling his punch and shuffle is missing. Face the Truth we hear a beseeching, almost quizzical SM who has - to generalize - returned to his first influences. And he has downplayed his guitar virtuosity behind his singing and arranging.

Perfect Sound Forever From their inception as a distorted lo-fi pop duo out of Stockton, California, to their mid-career re- incarnation as a five-piece slumberpop beauty machine, Pavement were a leading force in the indie art-rock music scene of the late 1990s. Perfect Sound Forever is British music journalist Rob Jovanovic's engaging profile of the band and their quirkily dark, melodic sound and cryptic, mirth- filled lyrics. Lavishly illustrated and presented in resplendent two-color, Perfect Sound Forever is the only book to be written with full co-operation of all the band members. Original, eccentric, consistently tagged "Noise-rock's premier sing-along band" -- Pavement refused to offer a coherent blueprint for success.