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It's good. It grows on you; like all Sonic Youth releases it's bound to grow on me even more in time. I can't wait for the disc, but in no way is it better than Sonic Nurse.
That's crazy talk.
Then again, Rather Ripped is "better" in one aspect. It's better to play for neophytes that get bugged out by extended noise & it's more listener-friendly in general.
Rats would have been better on Sonic Nurse than Paper Cup Exit which would most likely sound better on Rather Ripped. Similarly, Kim Gordon & the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream would have perhaps been better suited for inclusion on Rather Ripped. Kim Chords would also fit into the new album well too as a dynamic change-up in texture. But you can't trace time & those tracks had Jim on them, & as we know, he isn't in the band anymore.
In most respects, I am sort of glad he's gone though.
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