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from volcanic tongue:
Sonic Youth
Rather Ripped
Goofin GOO-011
LP
£10.99
Limited vinyl edition of the new Sonic Youth LP. Heard
a lotta talk about how this was a pretty
straight-ahead rock effort from the quartet line-up
but theyve still managed to squoze a ton of
omni-directional lead-guitar squall in here. Indeed,
the combination of the ginchy, new wave production
sound and the blats of free-string give it the feel of
the Lloyd/Verlaine tag-team plays the songs of Blondie
and The Modern Lovers. Kims songs are a particular
highlight here, with some classic dream-pop hooks,
while Thurstons phrasing is so Boston pop he could
almost be Jonathan Richman. Kind of a glitzy
atmosphere that for some reason reminds me of the
second Suicide album, maybe something Rick Ocasek in
the production? Whatever, its another good one and
the LP looks a hell of a lot better than the CD. So do
the right thing.
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