Ectoslavia was an American indie rock band formed at the
University of Virginia during the mid-1980s. It was composed of pre-
Silver Jews,
Yo La Tengo, and
Pavement members
David Berman,
James McNew,
Stephen Malkmus and
Bob Nastanovich. UVA alumnus Gate Pratt was also a member of the band. The music of Ectoslavia used a great deal of noise and static underneath melodic pop-rock songs, not unlike early Pavement EPs like
Perfect Sound Forever and
Slay Tracks (1933–1969)
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. Their songs also contained samples of classical music, often directly over sheets of static or noise. In 2015, Nastanovich described Ectoslavia as "unlistenable and, with offensive lyrical passages...it’s discardable."
Ectoslavia was referred to in the ''
Slow Century
''Slow Century'' is a two-disc DVD retrospective of the band Pavement filmed and compiled by filmmaker Lance Bangs. The first disc contains ''Slow Century'' itself, a 90-minute documentary with extensive interviews with the band members (as well ...
'' DVD and also in the book ''
Perfect Sound Forever''.
References
Indie rock musical groups from Virginia
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