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Sonic Youth The Eternal 6/9 Sonic Youth's 16th studio album is their most diverse set of tunes in more than a decade, ranging from melodic rock & roll ("Antenna") to experimental noise assaults ("Thunderclap for Bobby Pyn") to nine-minute-plus acoustic-tinged reveries ("Massage the History"). "Our last few records were super-song-oriented," says guitarist Thurston Moore. "With this one, I thought we should do more avant-garde rock & roll." Pavement bassist Mark Ibold has joined the band, freeing up Kim Gordon to play more guitar and to sing; on the Britney Spears tribute "Malibu Gas Station," she howls, "The breasts are bangin'/Abdominal master."
• Listen to selections from The Eternal
Courtesy of Matador Records