So, a few Amazon reviewers have expressed disappointment that Malkmus & the Jicks do not live up to Pavement. For what it's worth, I was never able to get into Pavement. I owned "Slanted and Enchanted", and sampled other Pavement material online over a period of years. I felt like I wanted to become a Pavement fan, but it just didn't work out.Now along comes this. I'm not sure what impelled me to do it, but I found some live performances of the Jicks on youtube. I was immediately hooked, and ordered "Mirror Traffic". It turned out to be one of those rare albums that thrilled on the very first listen (I had only seen two live videos, so the other 13 songs were true first listens). I'm in the "it's all I want to listen to" phase with it right now. I want others to join me.Also, now I get Pavement a little better. Yes, this is very different (and better, in my opinion). It's pretty neat that I now feel like I'll pick up some Pavement, and this time it will probably stick.