[{"id":211745177751,"handle":"sonic-youth","title":"Sonic Youth","updated_at":"2022-06-08T22:34:21+12:00","body_html":"\u003cp\u003eSonic Youth are a pioneering alternative band from New York City. They were formed in the early 1980s.and released \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFounding members were \u003cstrong\u003eThurston Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e (guitar, vocals), \u003cstrong\u003eKim Gordon\u003c\/strong\u003e (bass, vocals, guitar) and \u003cstrong\u003eLee Ranaldo\u003c\/strong\u003e (guitar, vocals). Steve Shelley (drums) followed a series of short-term drummers in 1985and was part of the core lineup\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonic Youth\u003c\/strong\u003e released fifteen studio albums - \u003cem\u003eConfusion Is Sex\u003c\/em\u003e (1983), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.flyingnun.co.nz\/products\/sonic-youth-bad-moon-rising-reissue\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBad Moon Rising\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (1985), \u003cem\u003eEVOL\u003c\/em\u003e (1986), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.flyingnun.co.nz\/products\/sonic-youth-sister-reissue\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSister\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (1987), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.flyingnun.co.nz\/products\/sonic-youth-daydream-nation-reissue\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaydream Nation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (1988), \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.flyingnun.co.nz\/products\/sonic-youth-goo-reissue\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e (1990), \u003cem\u003eDirty\u003c\/em\u003e (1992), \u003cem\u003eExperimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star\u003c\/em\u003e (1994), \u003cem\u003eWashing Machine\u003c\/em\u003e (1995), \u003cem\u003eA Thousand Leaves\u003c\/em\u003e (1998), \u003cem\u003eNYC Ghosts \u0026amp; Flowers\u003c\/em\u003e (2000), \u003cem\u003eMurray Street\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), S\u003cem\u003eonic Nurse\u003c\/em\u003e (2004), \u003cem\u003eRather Ripped\u003c\/em\u003e (2006) and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.flyingnun.co.nz\/products\/sonic-youth-the-eternal-reissue\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Eternal\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/a\u003e(2009)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlying Nun\u003c\/strong\u003e released the album \u003cem\u003eSister\u003c\/em\u003e in 1987. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen available, we stock \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonic Youth\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on vinyl LP at the Flying Nun Records shop.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2020-08-09T21:20:07+12:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Sonic Youth"}],"published_scope":"global","image":{"created_at":"2020-09-22T22:06:14+12:00","alt":"Sonic Youth are band are Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley","width":1000,"height":1000,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0450\/3165\/3527\/collections\/Sonic_Youth_Flying_Nun.jpg?v=1651284908"}}]
Reissue of this album by the alt-rock icons. The third studio album by Sonic Youth, originally released in May 1986 on SST Records, shows the first signs that the band was ready to transform their no wave past into a greater alternative rock sensibility.
"Evol... marks the true departure point of Sonic Youth's musical evolution," says Pitchfork, who place the album in the #31 slot of their Top 100 Albums of The 1980s.
"In measured increments, Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo... bring form to the formless, tune to the tuneless, and with the help of Steve Shelley's drums..., [impose] melody and composition on their trademark dissonance.”
TRACKLIST
Side A 1. Tom Violence 2. Shadow Of A Doubt 3. Star Power 4. In The Kingdom # 19 5. Green Light
Side B 1. Death To Our Friends 2. Secret Girls 3. Marilyn Moore 4. Expressway To Yr. Skull
