For the first time in 20-years Sonic Youth are an independent rock band. Having freed themselves of the sinking weight that is the major label music world and begun a tryst with the much younger Matador Records, the band have returned to the world they started 28-years ago. Sure, you could listen to most of their recorded output on Geffen and not hear much of a difference between the art-punk noise they had made through the early 80's, but we all knew they were corporate sell outs and somehow adored albums like Murray St., Goo, and Rather Ripped anyway. Now we can like them without hating all the commercialism they stood for and it's just so freeing to be able to consider them indie once again isn't it? Yeah.Anyway, for their 16th studio album (that's pretty fucking amazing) Sonic Youth have created an album that is confident, strong, and aggressive, and never once does it think to do anything but rock. It is as straight up as anything Sonic Youth has done before, but maybe that's because we've been listening to the band for 28-years already. It sounds like Sonic Youth are expected to sound. Maybe they tone down the noise a little bit, and for the first time they attempt things like duets, but everything else sounds like Sonic Youth. It's not Daydream Nation, but it's also not NYC Ghosts & Flowers. The Eternal is somewhere in the middle of all of Sonic Youth's highs and lows, with some truly outstanding songs and a cohesive nature but none of the adventure of the early days.
If you put this on expecting anything but Sonic Youth you're probably going to be disappointed, but if you are a fan of the band and have been for a while you'll enjoy it. You may wanna hear your own favorite Sonic Youth record after it, but for the duration of listening you'll like what you hear.
Sonic Youth - "Sacred Trickster"
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Hi PTST,
On behalf of Matador Records and Sonic Youth, we would kindly ask you not to post copies of the "The Eternal" on your site (or any non-preview tracks from the artist's new album - street date 9th June and Buy-Early-Get-Now exclusive stream from 28th April).
We do appreciate that you are fans of / are promoting Sonic Youth, but the label and artist would greatly appreciate your co-operation in removing your links to the pirate files in question.
Thank you for respecting the artist's and label's wishes and, if you / your readers want good quality, non-pirated, preview tracks, "The Eternal Montage" is available for hosting / posting / sharing etc from http://www.matadorrecords.com/mpeg/sonic_youth/sonic_youth_eternal_montage.mp3 ... .. and a full-length version of "Sacred Trickster" is now also available as an official preview / promo track for fans and bloggers to share etc off Matador's site ... .. the new album is also now available - as a 128k stream - via Matador's Buy-Early-Get-Now promotion ... .. fans can pre-order on-line (and get special bonus tracks) at participating retailers throughout the US and with an overseas stream to follow - for more details, check out http://www.buyearlygetnow.com ... .. for info on "The Eternal" and the band's 2009 shows, check-out www.sonicyouth.com and www.myspace.com/sonicyouth ... .. also, keep an eye on these official sources for details of preview material and pre-release promotions.
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