Summer Babe

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Written by: Stephen Malkmus
Produced by: Malkmus, Scott Kannberg
Released: April '92 on Drag City
Charts: Did not chart

Malkmus and Kannberg, two guitar dudes from Northern California, cut this tender pop tune about a summer crush in the garage studio of their hippie drummer, Gary Young. "We didn't know how to record," Malkmus confessed. "We used reverb on the drums -- the cheapest, worst reverb ever." According to Malkmus, he was trying to sound like Lou Reed, singing about "sad boy stuff."

Appears on: Slanted and Enchanted (Matador)

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