An early review/preview of the eternal

viewtiful_alan · 02.18.2009, 05:53 PM

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Sonic Youth’s “The Eternal”: Most Diverse Record Yet from Indie-Rock Vets

2/18/09, 5:48 pm EST
Sonic Youth’s new album The Eternal isn’t out until June 9th, but Rolling Stone caught the first preview of the indie-rock legends’ sixteenth record, which finds the crew leaving the clasp of major-label-dom for the more comfortable confines of independent label Matador. Recorded last year with producer John Agnello in Hoboken, New Jersey, The Eternal is predictably mindblowing. The 12 tracks touch on all of the styles Sonic Youth have experimented with over the years, from no-wave noise blowouts circa their self-titled debut (”Anti-Orgasm”) to the sharply written power-pop songs of Goo and Dirty (”Sacred Trickster,” “Antenna”) to the mellower, more-ruminative tracks of their underrated gem A Thousand Leaves (the almost-10-minute closer “Massage the History”).
On Sonic Youth’s last record, Rather Ripped, the group pared down to a foursome after guitarist-bassist Jim O’Rourke left. But this time around, they’re back up to a quintet, with Pavement’s Mark Ibold joining in on bass. And for the first time since “Unwind” on 1995’s Washing Machine, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore team up on vocal harmonies, best heard on the tracks “What We Know” and “Leaky Lifeboat.”
Early pick for the album’s best track: “Malibu Gas Station,” a fierce, tightly wound rocker anchored by Steve Shelley’s insanely precise beat and Moore and Ranaldo’s sparking guitar chords. Production notes for the track say that it’s “an ode to the flash moment of the camera as you knowingly step from your SUV sans panties.” (Lindsay Lohan, anyone?) With a subject like that, you know Gordon — a California native — is on lead vocals. And her contribution puts the track over the top when she yelps in her feral-kitten purr lyrics like “I can’t move faster/ My face feels plastered.” You’ll feel the same way when the record hits stores in June

viewtiful_alan · 02.18.2009, 05:56 PM

I'd say The Eternal sounds pretty fucking sweet.

Rob Instigator · 02.18.2009, 05:57 PM

se me para!!!!

pokkeherrie · 02.18.2009, 05:58 PM

Well, sounds good... although on the other hand... the reviewer doesn't even seem to know that Kim Gordon isn't singing on Unwind.

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And for the first time since “Renegade Princess” on 2000’s NYCG&F

Fixed.

This Is Not Here · 02.18.2009, 06:01 PM

Wow, so it's got a little bit of every style? Theres not many SY records you can say that of, you better be right, Rolling Stone.

Good times!

nancykitten · 02.18.2009, 06:57 PM

CHRIST. It sounds fucking amazing.

uhler · 02.18.2009, 07:05 PM

it sounds good, but rolling stone is never right about anything. they should stick back to covering the goo goo dolls circa 1998.

Rob Instigator · 02.18.2009, 07:26 PM

a thousand leaves has a mix of tunes like this one is described here. sounds deeeliciouoso

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 02.18.2009, 07:31 PM

I can't wait.

02.18.2009, 07:33 PM

I believe it when I hear it.

noisereductions · 02.18.2009, 08:26 PM

I've said this before a million times in reference to other records I love: I love a studio record that sounds like a b-sides collection. That is to say, something that flirts with every musical interest of the collective. This sounds great. Of course, we're trusting Rolling Stones' ears. A "no-wave noise blowout" may be something um... different to Rolling Stone mag than it is to followers of the bands' nearly 30 yrs of output.

02.18.2009, 09:47 PM

I dont trust the rolling stone in reviews for a glimpse

This Is Not Here · 02.18.2009, 11:11 PM

I think this is about the limit of all I want to hear about the new record before I hear it myself.

joe11121 · 02.18.2009, 11:18 PM

If that article is true, then this album will be amazing!

dazedcola · 02.19.2009, 12:26 AM

This album sounds like its gonna be the record that reminds people why sonic youth are so well respected and dare I say it? Their best record of the decade.

StevOK · 02.19.2009, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by dazedcola

This album sounds like its gonna be the record that reminds people why sonic youth are so well respected and dare I say it? Their best record of the decade.

We'll see how well it stacks up against Sonic Nurse. We'll see.

blunderbuss · 02.19.2009, 01:18 AM

I hope that the band is playing the songs to journalists and then sending them home with nothing but the memories and a promo t-shirt, rather than giving them something they can leak.

deflinus · 02.19.2009, 01:23 AM

sounds sick. i love the fact that the album's coming out in the summer. all of their albums post-washing machine sound like summer albums to me

neptuneg · 02.19.2009, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by deflinus

sounds sick. i love the fact that the album's coming out in the summer. all of their albums post-washing machine sound like summer albums to me

ATL has always been a winter album for me.

pbradley · 02.19.2009, 02:16 AM

I don't really like preview reviews.

This tells me nothing other than some Rolling Stone sap got the job of having to sound positive but not definitive.

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viewtiful_alan invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 2,663	Courtesy of Rolling Stone http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdail...die-rock-vets/ Next Latest Sonic Youth’s “The Eternal”: Most Diverse Record Yet from Indie-Rock Vets 2/18/09, 5:48 pm EST Sonic Youth’s new album The Eternal isn’t out until June 9th, but Rolling Stone caught the first preview of the indie-rock legends’ sixteenth record, which finds the crew leaving the clasp of major-label-dom for the more comfortable confines of independent label Matador. Recorded last year with producer John Agnello in Hoboken, New Jersey, The Eternal is predictably mindblowing. The 12 tracks touch on all of the styles Sonic Youth have experimented with over the years, from no-wave noise blowouts circa their self-titled debut (”Anti-Orgasm”) to the sharply written power-pop songs of Goo and Dirty (”Sacred Trickster,” “Antenna”) to the mellower, more-ruminative tracks of their underrated gem A Thousand Leaves (the almost-10-minute closer “Massage the History”). On Sonic Youth’s last record, Rather Ripped, the group pared down to a foursome after guitarist-bassist Jim O’Rourke left. But this time around, they’re back up to a quintet, with Pavement’s Mark Ibold joining in on bass. And for the first time since “Unwind” on 1995’s Washing Machine, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore team up on vocal harmonies, best heard on the tracks “What We Know” and “Leaky Lifeboat.” Early pick for the album’s best track: “Malibu Gas Station,” a fierce, tightly wound rocker anchored by Steve Shelley’s insanely precise beat and Moore and Ranaldo’s sparking guitar chords. Production notes for the track say that it’s “an ode to the flash moment of the camera as you knowingly step from your SUV sans panties.” (Lindsay Lohan, anyone?) With a subject like that, you know Gordon — a California native — is on lead vocals. And her contribution puts the track over the top when she yelps in her feral-kitten purr lyrics like “I can’t move faster/ My face feels plastered.” You’ll feel the same way when the record hits stores in June __________________
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This Is Not Here invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kingston-Upon-Thames, London Posts: 2,586	Wow, so it's got a little bit of every style? Theres not many SY records you can say that of, you better be right, Rolling Stone. Good times! __________________ http://images.google.co.uk/url?sourc...zLTl_B146tcuiw ~~Record of the moment~~
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nancykitten children of satan Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Glasgow, UK Posts: 316	CHRIST. It sounds fucking amazing. __________________
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,976	a thousand leaves has a mix of tunes like this one is described here. sounds deeeliciouoso __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I can't wait.
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02.18.2009, 07:33 PM	#10
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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	I've said this before a million times in reference to other records I love: I love a studio record that sounds like a b-sides collection. That is to say, something that flirts with every musical interest of the collective. This sounds great. Of course, we're trusting Rolling Stones' ears. A "no-wave noise blowout" may be something um... different to Rolling Stone mag than it is to followers of the bands' nearly 30 yrs of output. __________________ noisereduxinstalled.weebly.com
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02.18.2009, 11:11 PM	#13
This Is Not Here invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Kingston-Upon-Thames, London Posts: 2,586	I think this is about the limit of all I want to hear about the new record before I hear it myself. __________________ http://images.google.co.uk/url?sourc...zLTl_B146tcuiw ~~Record of the moment~~
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joe11121 expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Brantford, Canada Posts: 1,843	If that article is true, then this album will be amazing!
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dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	This album sounds like its gonna be the record that reminds people why sonic youth are so well respected and dare I say it? Their best record of the decade. __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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blunderbuss invito al cielo Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 2,526	I hope that the band is playing the songs to journalists and then sending them home with nothing but the memories and a promo t-shirt, rather than giving them something they can leak.
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deflinus expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: in the darkest part of your mind Posts: 1,737	sounds sick. i love the fact that the album's coming out in the summer. all of their albums post-washing machine sound like summer albums to me
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pbradley invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: SoKo Posts: 10,621	I don't really like preview reviews. This tells me nothing other than some Rolling Stone sap got the job of having to sound positive but not definitive.
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