I really have to disagree with Kevchino. I don't think the album sounds fresh or inventive. And even though the songs are half as short as the songs that SY usually write, they feel twice as long. Long boring attempts at the current indie pop fad. That's not Sonic Youth. I want the noisy guitars, the manic energy and the driving rythms. This album has practically none of that. I'm all for bands trying new things. But if the new directions don't sound good, then you have to abandon them. Sonic Youth should have abandoned this album.
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