Pro-Shot Video: Stephen Malkmus Performing Live At Saint John’s Episcopal Rectory

Guitarist Stephen Malkmus will issue the latest Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks album Sparkle Hard on May 18 through Matador Records. Pitchfork TV posted a live solo acoustic session featuring Malkmus performing songs from the forthcoming album and others from prior releases.

Playing an acoustic 12-string guitar, Malkmus incorporated pre-recorded “haunting electronic beats” during the six-song set. The performance included takes on Sparkle Hard tracks “Solid Silk,” “Shiggy,” “Middle America” and “Refute.” He also offered stripped-down arrangements of “Freeze The Saints” off 2005’s Face The Truth and “Trigger Cut” from the 1992 debut Pavement album Slanted and Enchanted.

Watch Stephen Malkmus performing live at Saint John’s Episcopal Rectory below: