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Sonic Youth [EP],Sonic Youth-Confusion is Sex+Kill Yr. Idols
Wikipedia:
Sonic Youth were an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. Their most recent lineup consisted of Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals), Kim Gordon (bass guitar, vocals, guitar), Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals), Steve Shelley (drums) and Mark Ibold (guitar, bass guitar). In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City. Part of the first wave of American noise rock groups, the band carried out their interpretation of the hardcore punk ethos throughout the evolving American underground that focused more on the DIY ethic of the genre rather than its specific sound
Review:
These two Albums are for hardcore SY fans.
The first album is called simply Sonic Youth-1982 and it is very garage sound...There are few live recorded songs. You will find here the roots that make this band one of the most innovative bands in the alternative scene.
Confusion Is Sex was recorded by Wharton Tiers in his Chelsea studio (which he had set up in the basement of a building where he worked as superintendent). It was mostly recorded during Jim Sclavunos' brief tenure as drummer for the band, and he appears on drums for most of the album. Frustrated by the unconventional recording situation in Tiers' studio and generally not clicking with the band musically, Sclavunos was ejected and Bob Bert was invited back, who recorded drums for "Making the Nature Scene". Bert appears on this track and the live Stooges cover "I Wanna Be Your Dog" on the album. Confusion Is Sex is the only Sonic Youth album on which guitarist Lee Ranaldo plays bass, specifically on the song "Protect Me You".
The cover image is a sketch by bassist Kim Gordon of guitarist Thurston Moore. This image was used on gig posters early in the band's career.
The track "Lee Is Free" was recorded on two tape recorders by Lee Ranaldo solo at home. The track "Confusion Is Next" contains lyrics sung twice by Moore. The first part of the song is slow and the second chapter everything is played twice the speed. The title was later used for the book by Alec Foege.
Album List:
1982 - Sonic Youth [EP]
1983 - Confusion is Sex + Kill Yr. Idols
Summary:
Country: USA
Genre: Alternative Rock
Styles: post-punk, noise rock, experimental rock, indie rock, no wave
Media Report:
Source : CD
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : ~700-900 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits |
