yeah, the beat is kinda of a trap beat and the ending was pure guitar bliss.

Her Body/Head stuff is weird but it scratches the Sonic Youth weird noisy stuff while her solo album is really direct and more poppy.
I guess Thruston has a very good album with The Best Day and kinda got derailed after that. And while Lee was prolific enough a few years ago, i have never been a fan of him solo.

Yeah, I've just not gotten much out of the other guys' solo outings. The last one I loved was Thurston's Trees Outside the Academy. Everything else has felt like more of a monochromatic extension of what they individually brought to SY:

The Thurston records sound a lot like SY, and kind of demonstrate that he's the creative force behind the band, but they're lacking in the interplay from Kim, Lee, and Steve

The Lee records are just too much. His songs are usually my favorite on the SY albums, but I can never seem to take an entire album of his schtick.

Steve continues to be one of the most thrilling rock drummers going, but he's never seemed to find another project with quite as much depth as SY.

The big surprise is Kim, who has demonstrated an ability to really mutate her sound depending on who she's working with. I bet she could pivot and do a record with someone different and it would sound nothing like her recent stuff. Definitely the most interesting post-SY body of work for me.

Chelsea Light Moving has been my favorite post-SY output, unless Psychic Hearts counts in this convo?

I guess i count the solo albums in two phases, during SY and after SY.
During SY, yes..Psychic Hearts is really fucking good.

The whole band sans Kim is doint what i think its a zoom thing for the new live album. I wonder if Kim knows about this or Thruston is just doing whatever he wants.

I'm sure Kim knows about it - perhaps she's focused on her own record right now.

They should've got Bob Bert in for the listening party, seeing as he plays on some of the tracks.

Until reading T-dog's book, I had no idea Bob was fired (and rehired) so many times by the band.

they hint about some special guests so maybe he is one of them

Why can’t this thread just ba called Sonic Youth

Its art

For anyone on the fence, and since I finally finished it, I enjoyed Thurston's book a lot.

That said, there's a handful of factual howlers and a few topics I'm surprised he didn't address (aside from the divorce), e.g. the period in the early/mid 90s when inter-band relations were reportedly pretty bad such that Lee was close to leaving the band, but it's pretty breezy overall and doesn't dwell too much on anything too heavy.

yeah, i wanna read it.

He doesnt talk about the divorce? i thought he was going to give his view given that Kim wrote about it so much

Also, tomorrow the new live album is out right?

He does address the split, but only at the very end of the book and pretty briefly.

He does talk about Kim and their relationship a lot however, maybe more than I expected, and with a surprising amount of fondness and affection.

well, they had such a great long run. I was shocked when they got divorced and really shocked when Kim told the story behind it.

Listened to the new Kim song..so this is Kim’s trap record ?

there's still a few albums from SY i haven't heard.

first time listening to murray street today, i knew it would be good.

thats a good one yeah, kinda pop for them? Sympathy For The Strawberry remains a favorite.

new album comes out this friday!

I really like Kim´s new album. Its very interesting and experimental, but sometimes it feels a little claustrophobic and repetitive.

totally agree, not an easy listen but a rewarding one for sure, i find it hard to press play again at the moment, gonna have to wait for the right time to digest it.