In addition to their five full-length records, indie-rock firebrands Pavement often recorded several non-album songs and live sessions that came out in dribs and drabs around each album. Now the band’s label, Matador, is giving these rarities, B-sides, unreleased tracks, Peel sessions and live concerts a new home with a series of vinyl releases that will serve as companion “shadow albums,” to use Matador’s term. First up is The Secret History Vol. 1, which collects recordings from around the 1992 release of the group’s debut, Slanted and Enchanted. The double-album is due out August 11th.
