Reviews
4.5 stars out of 5 -- "REAL EMOTIONAL TRASH is a fantastic psychedelic feast, full of cosmic guitar crackle and electric piano...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "It's a very rare, wondrous thing: prog-rock for firesides and fuzzy-slipper Sundays.", "The Jicks imbue TRASH's loosey-goosey vibe with an underlying discipline, from the road-dog adventure of the title track to the pretty, minor melancholy of 'Baltimore.'" -- Grade: B+, 3 stars out of 5 -- "Malkmus presides over a classic-rock parallel universe where Black Sabbath doom riifs rub up against Grateful Dead boogies and Boston-aping pop anthems, with prog-rock detours and multi-section epics thrown in for good measure.", "Malkmus's voice retains a nervy nerdiness....The fuzzy riffs and satisfyingly earthy guitar soloing suggest he is truly enjoying playing Great American Rock...", "Be grateful that the former Pavement head still patches together lo-fi songs with bits of lovely melodies, angry guitars and gnarled lyrics.", Ranked #34 in Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums Of 2008 -- "Janet Weiss keeps the band charging forward.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "REAL EMOTIONAL TRASH conjures a virtuoso meld of folk rock, prog and cosmic blues tropes, all filtered through the ex-Pavement frontman's arch surrealism.", "What's refreshing here is how his solo career has crystallised into something that can be both diamond-hard and volatile enough to remain intriguing.", 4 stars out of 5 -- "A record filled with magnificent extended jams....There's never been a better time to turn on to him, and tune in.", "Malkmus expands the title-track opener into a ten-minute epic, complete with a languid, then speedily intense, middle seciton featuring solos that wouldn't shame either Ron Asheton or Gregg Allmann.", 3 stars out of 5 -- "Malkmus' knack for encrusting sketchy compositions with beatific pop touches remains undiminished."
