Mirror Traffic is an album by Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks is a rock band consisting of Stephen Malkmus, Mike Clark, Joanna Bolme, and Jake Morris. Malkmus was the main singer and songwriter behind the influential 1990s indie rock band Pavement.-History:...

. It was released on August 23, 2011 by Matador Records

Matador Records

Matador Records is an independent record label, with a roster of indie rock artists and bands.-History:Matador was started by Chris Lombardi in 1989 in his New York City apartment. The following year, Lombardi was joined by former Homestead Records manager Gerard Cosloy, and the two of them have...

. It is the first collaboration between Malkmus and producer Beck

Beck

Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...

 and the last Jicks album to feature drummer Janet Weiss

Janet Weiss

Janet Lee Weiss was the drummer of now defunct Sleater-Kinney and is currently a member of Quasi and Wild Flag. She was the drummer for Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, leaving after the album Mirror Traffic.-Early life:...

, now a member of Wild Flag

Wild Flag

Wild Flag is an American four-piece group based in Portland, Oregon and Washington, D.C.. The group consists of Carrie Brownstein , Mary Timony , Rebecca Cole and Janet Weiss...

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Critical Response

"Mirror Traffic" has received generally positive reviews. Spin

Spin (magazine)

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gave the album a score of 8/10, calling it, "a patient, inviting album that feels like a fresh start from a guy whose recording career spans multiple boom-and-bust cycles, both for indie rock and the economy."

Track listing

1. "Tigers" - 2:24
2. "No One Is (As I Are Be)" - 3:58
3. "Senator" - 4:25
4. "Brain Gallop" - 5:02
5. "Jumblegloss" - 1:13
6. "Asking Price" - 2:41
7. "Stick Figures In Love" - 3:45
8. "Spazz" - 2:38
9. "Long Hard Book" - 2:48
10. "Share The Red" - 5:19
11. "Tune Grief" - 2:19
12. "Forever 28" - 3:35
13. "All Over Gently" - 3:10
14. "Fall Away" - 2:18
15. "Gorgeous Georgie" - 5:00