Sonic Youth - The Eternal [6/9]

Artist:

Sonic Youth

UPC:

744861082927

See Also:

Beatles (The) Moore, Thurston Ranaldo, Lee Free Kitten Cline, Nels Beach Boys (The) O`Rourke, Jim Bowie, David Hooker, William Two Dollar Guitar String Quartet - The String Quartet Tribute To Sonic Youth

Description:

Sonic Youth: Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Mark Ibold, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore.
Audio Mixer: John Agnello.
Audio Remasterer: Greg Calbi.
Recording information: Bisquiteen, MA (11/2008-01/2009); Echo Canyon West, NJ (11/2008-01/2009).
Undoubtedly the most influential American indie group of the late 20th century and beyond, Sonic Youth has seldom wavered in their embrace of underground music and culture even as their move in the 1990s to Geffen brought with it a decidedly more mainstream listenership. While the carefully orchestrated squall and skewed melodicism of late major-label efforts SONIC NURSE (2004) and RATHER RIPPED (2006) marked a dramatic departure from the fiery noise anthems of old, THE ETERNAL, Sonic Youth`s 2009 album for Matador, is a welcome return to a familiar, back-to-basics approach.
On THE ETERNAL, SY sound at once revitalized and limbered by the move back to an indie, with Thurston, Kim, and company revisiting familiar tropes--gales of blistering guitar noise, acerbic power pop riffs, and ruminative spoke-sung recitations--with the sharpened edge of a band wised at their twilight years. While these elder statesmen won`t be kicking up teenage riots anymore, the sassy, punkish opener, "Sacred Trickster," may be as energetic as any of their anthems circa GOO or DIRTY, with Kim Gordon`s feral come-ons losing none of their evocative power. Meanwhile, the explosive riff-fest, "Poison Arrow," pairs grinding detuned guitars with sheets of droning feedback in classic SY style.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Sacred Trickster
2. Anti-Orgasm
3. Leaky Lifeboat [For Gregory Corso]
4. Antenna
5. What We Know
6. Calming the Snake
7. Poison Arrow
8. Malibu Gas Station
9. Thunderclap for Bobby Pyn
10. No Way
11. Walkin Blue
12. Massage the History

Album Information

Release Date:

06/09/2009

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Post Rock

Label:

Matador (record label)

Producer:

John Agnello; John Agnello; Sonic Youth

Catalog Number:

10829

Original Release Year:

2009

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

56 : 27

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