Thursday, May 28, 2009

CD Review: The Eternal



Band:
Sonic Youth
Release: 2009

1. "Sacred Trikster" - Grade: 9.5 - Sounds really retro.
2. "Anti-Orgasm" - Grade: 9.6 - Great Thurston/Kim back-and-forth.
3. "Leaky Lifeboat (For Gregory Corso)" - Grade: 9.1
4. "Antenna" - Grade: 9.3
5. "What We Know" - Grade: 9.1 - Crazy guitar.
6. "Calming the Snake" - Grade: 9.7 - Pretty damn distorted...awesome!
7. "Poison Arrow" - Grade: 9.5
8. "Malibu Gas Station" - Grade: 9.0
9. "Thunderclap (For Bobby Pyn)" - Grade: 9.2
10. "No Way" - Grade: 9.4
11. "Walkin Blue" - Grade: 9.4 - Lee Renaldo is a genius!
12. "Massage the History" - Grade: 9.8 - Two songs in one!

Final Grade/Comment: 9.4 - Amazing lyric right here from Kim Gordon on the last song: "Come with me to the other side/ Not everyone makes it out alive."

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