man can't wait for some new skronk!

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Return to Amherst/Northhampton
May 2nd, 2007
We're back!!!!!!!!
Sorry for this late entry, but my shit's been blowing up. Figuratively. Anyway, after 3 weeks off so Sonic Youth could conquer the Far East and Coachella, we are back at Bisquiteen continuing on the Thurston Moore record.

There are many great stories about their trip including scaling the Great Wall, that I could go on and on. But I won't. From what I heard, the shows were great, the fans were awesome and those guys had a great experience.

But back to the Thurston record. First off, after spending 3 weeks with the rough mixes, I couldn't wait to get back to the studio and finish this record off. The songs have really taken great shape and Thurston's singing is really wonderful. People might be a bit surprised at the tone of the record, but it is really beautiful.

We break for Mother's Day and hopefully will be finished mixing next week.

Look for this record in Autumn. It is great!

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Mastering Thurston Moore

June 11th, 2007



We're Almost Ready!!!

Fast Times At Sterling Sound! Led by the mastering engineer of the ages, Greg Calbi, we are almost finished with the Thurston solo album. I should say, "Greg" is almost finished with the album. It sounds awesome! I cannot wait for it to be released. Expect it in early Fall.

Ok this is a bit over the top

http://www.sterling-sound.com/

You can check Greg Calbi's place at the virtual studio tour

Thurston Moore
Trees Outside The Academy

01 frozen gtr
02 the shape is in a trance
03 honest james
04 silver>blue
05 fri/end
06 american coffin
07 wonderful witches
08 off work
09 never light
10 free noise among friends
11 trees outside the academy
12 thurston@13

Thurston Moore/Steve Shelley/Samara Lubelski
with John Moloney Christina Carter J Mascis Andrew 'gown' MacGregor Leslie Keffer

Moloney plays on 'Wonderfull Witches'
Christina Carter sings duet on 'Honest Jams'
Leslie Keffer provides 20 somewhat seconds of noise for 'Off Work'

release date: September 18th on Ecstatic Peace

cover art: ???

PROMOTIONAL VIDEO by Andrew Kesin

and the track times are:

1. frozen gtr 4:06
2. the shape is in a trance 4:39
3. honest james 3:49
4. silver>blue 5:51
5. fri/end 3:19
6. american coffin 3:56
7. wonderful witches 2:24
8. off work 4:12
9. never day 4:01
10. free noise among friends :34
11. trees outside the academy 5:50
12. thurston@13 2:37

total time: 42:78

thurston "trees outside the academy"


September 2007 and the summer shall wane and the leaves will glow their death state and school bells will peal forth dream desires and wild wishes and oh yeh:

ECSTATIC PEACE releases thurston "trees outside the academy"

 

It's Thurston's first solo outing since 1995's Psychic Hearts. Of course, Thurston's been releasing records here, there and everywhere mostly in the context of rowdy and rambunctious noise/improv escapades but this new one is killer diller SONGS! Unlike Psychic Hearts' skeletal trio rock, this new jammer, 12 years post, has a far fuller bouquet of sonic depth and proves this Sonic dude to have a very real songwriting life outside of the legendary Sonic Youth (of which he is a founding figure, duh).


This newborn disc is 12 songs long. Thurston recorded primarily on acoustic guitar and bass, laying down the core of the tunes with drummer compatriot Sonic Youth's Steve Shelly and violinist Samara Lubelski, a noted player from MV/EE and The Golden Road, Hall of Fame and other awesome gatherings as well as solo artiste.

Thurston grabbed John Agnello to record and mix the sucker after having a helluva good time with the bro from working on Sonic Youth's 2006 killer Rather Ripped. They decided to work in Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis' Bisquiteen studio (the top floor in J's Amherst house actually) where Dino did their Beyond album. This worked out very nicely as it allowed Thurston to yell down the stairs every time he needed a shredding guitar solo and J would trundle up, plug in and BURN. Other guests on "trees outside..." are Christina Carter, she of Charalambides, and she of the most beatific, beautific voice on land, sea and air.

One track called Honest James has Thurston and Christina singing duet against a single acoustic guitar and it is a naked groove. The otherworldly Canadian musician Andrew Macgregor aka "Gown" plays some spectacularly understated and incredible guitar and Sunburned Hand of The Man's John Moloney takes over the drum stool to absolutely flail on the pit snarling Wonderful Witches. And then there's the 20 seconds or so of primal noise wave courtesy of American noise underground genius Leslie Keffer on Off Work.

Most of the tunes are lyric driven but there are a couple of majestic instrumentals like Trees Outside The Academy, which brings the album to a musical and breathless close. There's also some weird cassette tape that Thurston found at his mom's of him at 13 years old in the early 70s making some kind of sound-theatre. It's kinda nuts, and it's the last "hidden" track. Tracks like Frozen Gtr, The Shape Is In A Trance, Silver>Blue, Never Day and Fri/end (a theme song to the hippest TV show yet to be broadcast) will lead you in to a sparkling and heavy new world of Thurston's heart, mind and soul.

Thurston Moore, for those of you just visiting planet Earth, has been playing music and liberating whatever ossifying standards rock n' roll becomes threatened by since the late 70s when he walked the downtown jungle of punk/post-punk/no wave NYC and started the band Sonic Youth. Ever since he and the band have consistently stayed true to the authenticity and creativity of radical rock n roll idealism. From the experience of a life touring, writing, having a magical daughter with his amazing wife and partner Kim Gordon, Thurston has poured a heady brew into whatever speakers this new CD flows from. Take a sip, and pass it around.

thurston "trees outside the academy"

 

1. Frozen Gtr 4:06

2. The Shape Is In A Trance 4:39
3. Honest James 3:49
4. Silver>Blue 5:51
5. Fri/End 3:19
6. American Coffin 3:56
7. Wonderful Witches 2:24
8. Off Work 4:12
9. Never Day 4:01
10. Free Noise Among Friends :34
11. Trees Outside The Academy 5:50
12. Thurston@13 2:37

Thurston Moore: Guitar, Bass, Vox
Steve Shelley: Drums
Samara Lubelski: Violin

With: J Mascis, Christina Carter, Andrew Macgregor, John Moloney, Leslie Keffer

Produced By John Agnello And Thurston Moore
Recorded And Mixed By John Agnello At Bisqueteen, Amherst Ma, Spring 2007
Mastered By Greg Calbi At Sterling Sound

Click Here for Video Preview

Click Here for Thurston's site (updates from the road coming soon...)

Click here for Pitchfork Interview



Out Now: Wooden Wand, Leslie Keffer LP, XO4 LP

Coming Soon: Turbo Fruits(7/17), Thurston (9/18), Magik Markers (9/25), MV+EE (10/9)

Also: 16 Bitch Pileup/Mike Shiflet Split LP, Little Claw LP, Poor School LP, Tusco Terror/Emeralds Split LP, Okkyung Lee, Islaja, and more... That's it for now. Thanks for the support. Tell us how we can help.

Andrew

My rubbery surface shivers, at this new album, by Thurston Moore.

SORRY MOSHE - HADN'T SEEN YOUR POST guess we're all somewhat excited

June 20, 2007

thurston "trees outside the academy"


September 2007 and the summer shall wane and the leaves will glow their death state and school bells will peal forth dream desires and wild wishes and oh yeh:

ECSTATIC PEACE releases thurston "trees outside the academy"

 

It's Thurston's first solo outing since 1995's Psychic Hearts. Of course, Thurston's been releasing records here, there and everywhere mostly in the context of rowdy and rambunctious noise/improv escapades but this new one is killer diller SONGS! Unlike Psychic Hearts' skeletal trio rock, this new jammer, 12 years post, has a far fuller bouquet of sonic depth and proves this Sonic dude to have a very real songwriting life outside of the legendary Sonic Youth (of which he is a founding figure, duh).

This newborn disc is 12 songs long. Thurston recorded primarily on acoustic guitar and bass, laying down the core of the tunes with drummer compatriot Sonic Youth's Steve Shelly and violinist Samara Lubelski, a noted player from MV/EE and The Golden Road, Hall of Fame and other awesome gatherings as well as solo artiste.

Thurston grabbed John Agnello to record and mix the sucker after having a helluva good time with the bro from working on Sonic Youth's 2006 killer Rather Ripped. They decided to work in Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis' Bisquiteen studio (the top floor in J's Amherst house actually) where Dino did their Beyond album. This worked out very nicely as it allowed Thurston to yell down the stairs every time he needed a shredding guitar solo and J would trundle up, plug in and BURN. Other guests on "trees outside..." are Christina Carter, she of Charalambides, and she of the most beatific, beautific voice on land, sea and air.

One track called Honest James has Thurston and Christina singing duet against a single acoustic guitar and it is a naked groove. The otherworldly Canadian musician Andrew Macgregor aka "Gown" plays some spectacularly understated and incredible guitar and Sunburned Hand of The Man's John Moloney takes over the drum stool to absolutely flail on the pit snarling Wonderful Witches. And then there's the 20 seconds or so of primal noise wave courtesy of American noise underground genius Leslie Keffer on Off Work.

Most of the tunes are lyric driven but there are a couple of majestic instrumentals like Trees Outside The Academy, which brings the album to a musical and breathless close. There's also some weird cassette tape that Thurston found at his mom's of him at 13 years old in the early 70s making some kind of sound-theatre. It's kinda nuts, and it's the last "hidden" track. Tracks like Frozen Gtr, The Shape Is In A Trance, Silver>Blue, Never Day and Fri/end (a theme song to the hippest TV show yet to be broadcast) will lead you in to a sparkling and heavy new world of Thurston's heart, mind and soul.

Thurston Moore, for those of you just visiting planet Earth, has been playing music and liberating whatever ossifying standards rock n' roll becomes threatened by since the late 70s when he walked the downtown jungle of punk/post-punk/no wave NYC and started the band Sonic Youth. Ever since he and the band have consistently stayed true to the authenticity and creativity of radical rock n roll idealism. From the experience of a life touring, writing, having a magical daughter with his amazing wife and partner Kim Gordon, Thurston has poured a heady brew into whatever speakers this new CD flows from. Take a sip, and pass it around.

thurston "trees outside the academy"

 

1. Frozen Gtr 4:06
2. The Shape Is In A Trance 4:39
3. Honest James 3:49
4. Silver>Blue 5:51
5. Fri/End 3:19
6. American Coffin 3:56
7. Wonderful Witches 2:24
8. Off Work 4:12
9. Never Day 4:01
10. Free Noise Among Friends :34
11. Trees Outside The Academy 5:50
12. Thurston@13 2:37

Thurston Moore: Guitar, Bass, Vox
Steve Shelley: Drums
Samara Lubelski: Violin

With: J Mascis, Christina Carter, Andrew Macgregor, John Moloney, Leslie Keffer

Produced By John Agnello And Thurston Moore
Recorded And Mixed By John Agnello At Bisqueteen, Amherst Ma, Spring 2007
Mastered By Greg Calbi At Sterling Sound

Click Here for Video Preview

Click Here for Thurston's site (updates from the road coming soon...)

Click here for Pitchfork Interview

Based on that Ecstatic Peace! video, I'm thinking this album is gonna be fucking great.

Agreed.

Is it really coming out under the "Thurston" moniker vs "Thurston Moore"?

why does thurston getting his hair cut amuse me so? But yeah, I'd say this is my most anticipated album at the moment.

The record is gonna be a good 40min long, guess he still likes the lenght of a vinylrecord, think it's a good thing. Now i'm only wondering if the gif animation is the actual album cover. Oh and a particularly ingenius move to release the album under the 'thurston' moniker.

I Can't Wait!!!! I Need This Now!

I've been staring at this for the last five minutes. It's very hypnotizing


Really liked the songs from the video, especially the second. So I'm very much looking forward to hearing the album.


Thanks Jef and Moshe

ah! great news.. can't wait to listen!!!

Sonic-Thurston. Beat that guitar. Make it whale and scream. Ram the headstock into a hurricane force gail w/ a boken mountain of amps. Let the music scream to the multiverse heaven and back again. May the resulting effect fall upon all ears and cultivate a new era of kindness towards all people and lifeforms. Part the string theory w/ Thurston's new music.

i'm looking forward to hear this as well.
title of the track american coffin puzzle me a bit. is it the same track from mciaa split?

It has leaked if anyone's interested.
i made a thread about it.