Come to think of it I suppose I've always been kind of curious about that stuff myself. Really beautiful artwork. I remember being out rollerblading (I was 15) with my friend Rorie circa 1999, finding a ten pound note in the street, and promptly deciding to invest it in a Sonic Youth album (much to his chargrin; he would have rather I invested in a shared portion of sweets). To HMV Princes Street we pilgrimaged, and the album was procured. Loved it since the first day I heard it, and have always loved all of its artwork too. There is a very special kind of late 90s visual ambience infused within the aesthetic of the artwork for Washing Machine and A Thousand Leaves as far as I am concerned. (Experimental, Jet Set, Trash and No Star catches a little bit of it as well in my opinion).
Does it absolutely amplify my love of the music? Hard to say. To some extent, aye, but I feel it's an interconnected relationship birthed via some kind of sweet sonic synergy induced by huffing on screaming fields of sonic love
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