Album Rating: 3.5
from the other thread...
why had you assumed I would like this? I guess it's always hard to tell. Maybe if I'd been thinking of Swans while listening the result would have been less enjoyable?!
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Album Rating: 4.0
Idk, I guess I never pegged you as a fan of the early-no-wave / barren post-punky sound. But to be fair that was almost entirely speculative/conjecture, now that I'm thinking about it I don't really have a good basis from which that assumption was formed. I know you don't love "early" Swans but I guess that's more of Filth/Cop, which tbh are totally different from their self-titled EP and the record Gira released under the Circus Mort moniker (i.e. stuff much closer to, like, James Chance and the Contortions).
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Album Rating: 3.5
yeah, I'm honestly not sure where to stand on the subject currently. It's somewhat of an unknown quantity, but my love for This Heat shows potential. I suppose the relative barrenness of SOME no wave stuff may be difficult for me to overcome. I don't feel like this is THAT sparse tho. I think the Branca-esque moments / chords are keeping me interested because I just like the sound
The opener is an obvious highlight here. I'm also quite enjoying the live bonus tracks "Where the Red Fern Grows" is a cool song
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For some reason I always thought 'Bad Moon Rising' was their debut, I'd not even clamped eyes on that weird, not at all Sonic Youth'y, cover art before.
Guess I check this some time!
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Album Rating: 3.5
It was 'reclassified' at some point, as most sources did treat it as an EP previously, I believe
The band consider it their debut LP
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Ah, that might explain it...but there is another album between this and BMR? Was that ever considered the debut?
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Album Rating: 4.0
Yeah, there’s Confusion is Sex, which was also re-released with their Kill Yr Idols EP. I’m surprised to see that wiki refers to CiS as their debut, I also thought their s/t is considered as the debut album by the band. Btw, as much as I love Steve Shelley’s drumming, Richard Edson’s work on this is amazing with that tribal sound.
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Clear as mud then! I'll try and listen to both soon anyway...see if either warrants Sonic Youth debut status
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Album Rating: 4.0
I’m not afraid to say I’m scaaaaared
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Album Rating: 3.5
The tribal drumming is absolutely rad, agreed there
I'll be checking that Kill Yr Idols EP as part of my more comprehensive SY journey
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Album Rating: 4.0
Kill Yr Idols is great, Brother James is a top 10 SY track for me.
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