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I think Thurston should spit in khchris' eye for saying such nonsense like, "they're too old to put out their own records" or "I think they'll retire"
Has anyone heard the new album or seen them live this summer?
Does anyone else think they're going to retire?...no fucking way
You don't have much faith in Sonic Youth, do you "original"?
I haven't heard much about the Geffen contract running out but I assume Geffen will renew it. SY may not sell millions of records but with consistent album sells and a devoted fan following for many years, I'm sure Geffen will have a hard time letting them go.
but...
even if they do, there is no doubt whatsoever they will be on Ecstatic Peace and Universal will distribute it.
It's not out of the question for them to be on their own SYR label either, though I don't think it will happen. I've seen the SYR titles many times in major record stores. The distribution with SYR is better than I would have ever imagined. Besides it's not like the band would be sitting around hand designing every cover that went out.
The idea of them being on Sub Pop, in my opinion, won't happen. I mean what could Seattle based Sub Pop have to offer that Ecstatic/Universal could not.
Being on Matador is even more absurd. SY along with Dinosaur, Sebadoh, etc have already done business with Gerard Cosloy who was the founder of Homestead and co-founder of Matador. If you know the history these bands had with Homestead, you would see why they would never cross paths again.
Look at Stereolab. They were sadly dropped from a major but now release albums under their Too Pure label.
They can do it, why couldn't SY?
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