Thurston Moore - By The Fire [September, 2020]
 

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9 songs. Out on 25th of September. Tracklist:

HASHISH
CANTALOUPE
BREATH
SIREN
CALLIGRAPHY
LOCOMOTIVES
DREAMERS WORK
THEY BELIEVE IN LOVE [WHEN THEY LOOK AT YOU]
VENUS

BY THE FIRE will feature contributions from Deb Googe (My Bloody Valentine) on bass and backing vocals, Jon Leidecker (Negativland) on electronics, James Sedwards on guitar, and Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley alternating on drums with Jem Doulton.

thanks mil_pl

Thanks!

'...this recording offers songs as flames of rainbow energy, where the power of love becomes our call.'

and the hippies all lived happily ever after, thrashing shamelessly in Thurstons' deep murk

Thanks for this. Awesome, roll on September.

Tracklist:

HASHISH
CANTALOUPE
BREATH
SIREN
CALLIGRAPHY
LOCOMOTIVES
DREAMERS WORK
THEY BELIEVE IN LOVE [WHEN THEY LOOK AT YOU]
VENUS

not sure what we should expect out of this

Nice! thanks!

Hashish is incredible!! but... dosen't sound like 'Sunday' or are my ears?

I can't wait 'till september!!

I feel the opposite way, unfortunately -- to me HASHISH sounds like a demo not a final song, and a bit boring - like you have mentioned recalls Sunday and partially instrumental breakdowns of Smoke of Dreams or even Ceasefire

too bad that Thurston relies so much on his Sonic Youth and even previous song based LP legacy, nothing new

I agree, Thurston's written "Hashish" several time before. It's good, but we've heard it already.

Actually, I am, but the hippie shit is starting to really grate. And the bullcrap Radieux Radio entity is gonna be credited, isn't it. Oh brother...

Hashish is really the same song as Sunday. I'm wondering what Thurston was thinking when putting this out.

He was high on Hashish, maybe? :eek:

first seconds of cantaloupe sound promising though.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CB8ewlwDiMK/

Yeah, fingers crossed my ears need some fresh noisy stuff

...and the freaking cover

I miss Sonic Youth stuff, they would always go for something more exceptional - than a poor quality photo with bad typography approach (or at least they could easily make it iconic eg.: Washing Machine)

https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/thurst...re/by-the-fire
Lots of different formats including a limited Neon vinyl...

I dig Cantaloupe. straight up punk rock track with a nice guitar solo in the middle which sounds to me like something from 70ies

Now we're talking, the previous two were oh well - "meh".

...but still - I miss the somewhat slick Sonic Youth sound production they always had, album by album, they always aspired to sound different - these By the Fire songs sound like they were from the same sessions as: The Best Day, Ceasefire and so on, don't you think?

For these reasons - Kim's No Home Record is amazing, and Thurston is still chasing his own and Sonic Youth's tail, unfortunately - using the same (let's admit at this time boring) old tricks.

what about that new track siren? no one has post it on here yet? have not heard it yet. I am planning to have a listening evening tomorrow...finaly. I will check it out.

I know what you mean...but then, seeing T's band live is the best experience anyway no?

SY were never about traditional music tropes and to hear standard rock guitar solo's in Lee and Thurston's post sy music is disappointing to say the least.

fair enough.

I hardly listen to any Thurston's current side projects, be it impro or more experimental, as I have heard it all before (though I keep a track of it), there is/are so much/many other experimental music/bands to explore (though SY will always be my number one gateway band to experimental/contemporary stuff, which I love listen to this day). post SY will never be SY of 80ties, or 90ties, or even mid 00

btw, I just heard Siren. I do not know. to me it is pretty much straight forward rock track (ballad in this case) with some alternate tunings, which is odd, or disappointing for some, when talking in relation to T's post SY stuff aaand with some familiar production results as mil_pl mentioned above, but I love it. I actually love it. I even "hear a riff from ATL" era like (or maybe ATL feel? :D ). hope I will have a chance to see it live.

THURSTON MOORE: LIVE FROM ROUGH TRADE EAST


https://dice.fm/partner/rough-trade/...15635696251173

thanks! tempting.

That person was wrong for being a Radiohead fan in the first place. :D

there's an interview with Thurston at guitar.com

Great stuff. And I don't even know that much about guitars. Nor do I play an instrument. I have trouble ringing the doorbell sometimes.

thanks for sharing.

absolutely amazing pictures of his two guitars.

gear porn.

will read it later.

The Quietus review: https://thequietus.com/articles/2896...he-fire-review

-The Guardian

^ Nice. I will post the question with which I've been hammering this board for years... :cool::D

first listen... AWSOME!!! incredible tunes :)

I love the album. I like them long compositions most. Breath, Siren, Locomotives and Venus rules. I wish to see Siren being performed live. Dreamers Work resonated with me big time after first listen. yeah, I hear bit of Sunday riff in Hashish and bit Cross of Breeze outro riff in Breaths and I do not mind it at all. I know probably lot of hard core SY fans will be moaning, but I do not think that is the case. I like it more then R+R consciousness. they are really tight as a band now. I like the production too. I am looking forward to listen to it again later today. Brilliant. Oh yeah and drummer sounds like Steve alright.

Really enjoying the album. As a band they are sounding so well formed. I love the SY feel to it all and wouldn't wish that away. Longer compositions are the favourites. Breath standing out. Great work Thurston.

Lydia Lunch interview with Thurston: http://lydianspin.libsyn.com/episode-63-thurston-moore

thanks!