I listened to a Sonic Youth record yesterday and it reminded me how deftly they can crack open the visible and the unknown worlds and venture into unknown territory. So Daydream Nation this morning, An exhortation of spirit desire. Literary, dissonant, urban and desperate. Desperate at all moments to be cutting edge. And often hitting direct bullseyes. They tune their guitars to the sound of the New York Metro ! Sometimes it can be slightly irritating how hard they try.
I don't play this record very often but this morning I put it on at quarter to five and found it immediately compelling and stayed for the full four side trip. Sometimes, in fact always these days, this is what I tend to do with records. Listen through them in their entirity, as they were intended.
Like much of the best music, they don't spell much out for you, sometimes not at all, but there's so much here. This is an invitaion into mystery and experience. A beckoning figure drawing you first into the darkness, to the edge of the abyss and then leading you back, slowly towards the light, They make you want to find out more. And they Rock relentlessly.
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