ARTiST: Thurston Moore
TiTLE: Trees Outside The Academy
LABEL: Ecstatic Peace
GENRE: Rock
TiME: 46:14 min
SiZE: 67,6 MB
BiTRATE: VBRkbps
RiP DATE: Aug-31-2007
RELEASE DATE: Sep-18-2007
WEBSiTE: http://www.ecstaticpeace.com/
Track List:
01. Frozen Gtr 04:07
02. The Shape Is In A Trance 04:42
03. Honest James 03:52
04. Silver>blue 05:53
05. Fri/end 03:33
06. American Coffin 03:59
07. Wonderful Witches 02:27
08. Off Work 04:14
09. Never Light 04:03
10. Free Noise Among Friends 00:37
11. Trees Outside The Academy 06:08
12. Thurston@13 02:39
Release Notes:
September 2007 and the summer shall wane and the
leaves will glow their death state and school bells
will peal forth dream desires and wild wishes and oh
yeh:
ECSTATIC PEACE releases thurston "trees outside the
academyö
ItÆs ThurstonÆs first solo outing since 1995Æs
Psychic Hearts. Of course, ThurstonÆs been releasing
records here, there and everywhere mostly in the
context of rowdy and rambunctious noise/improv
escapades but this new one is killer diller SONGS!
Unlike Psychic HeartsÆ skeletal trio rock, this new
jammer, 12 years post, has a far fuller bouquet of
sonic depth and proves this Sonic dude to have a
very real songwriting life outside of the legendary
Sonic Youth (of which he is a founding figure, duh).
This newborn disc is 12 songs long. Thurston
recorded primarily on acoustic guitar and bass,
laying down the core of the tunes with drummer
compatriot Sonic YouthÆs Steve Shelly and violinist
Samara Lubelski, a noted player from MV/EE and The
Golden Road, Hall of Fame and other awesome
gatherings as well as solo artiste.
Thurston grabbed John Agnello to record and mix the
sucker after having a helluva good time with the bro
from working on Sonic YouthÆs 2006 killer Rather
Ripped. They decided to work in Dinosaur Jr.Æs J
MascisÆ Bisquiteen studio (the top floor in JÆs
Amherst house actually) where Dino did their Beyond
album. This worked out very nicely as it allowed
Thurston to yell down the stairs every time he
needed a shredding guitar solo and J would trundle
up, plug in and BURN. Other guests on ôtrees
outside...ö are Christina Carter, she of
Charalambides, and she of the most beatific,
beautific voice on land, sea and air.
One track called Honest James has Thurston and
Christina singing duet against a single acoustic
guitar and it is a naked groove. The otherworldly
Canadian musician Andrew Macgregor aka ôGownö plays
some spectacularly understated and incredible guitar
and Sunburned Hand of The ManÆs John Moloney takes
over the drum stool to absolutely flail on the pit
snarling Wonderful Witches. And then thereÆs the 20
seconds or so of primal noise wave courtesy of
American noise underground genius Leslie Keffer on
Off Work.
Most of the tunes are lyric driven but there are a
couple of majestic instrumentals like Trees Outside
The Academy, which brings the album to a musical and
breathless close. ThereÆs also some weird cassette
tape that Thurston found at his momÆs of him at 13
years old in the early 70s making some kind of
sound-theatre. ItÆs kinda nuts, and itÆs the last
ôhiddenö track. Tracks like Frozen Gtr, The Shape Is
In A Trance, Silver>Blue, Never Day and Fri/end (a
theme song to the hippest TV show yet to be
broadcast) will lead you in to a sparkling and heavy
new world of ThurstonÆs heart, mind and soul.
Thurston Moore, for those of you just visiting
planet Earth, has been playing music and liberating
whatever ossifying standards rock nÆ roll becomes
threatened by since the late 70s when he walked the
downtown jungle of punk/post-punk/no wave NYC and
started the band Sonic Youth. Ever since he and the
band have consistently stayed true to the
authenticity and creativity of radical rock n roll
idealism. From the experience of a life touring,
writing, having a magical daughter with his amazing
wife and partner Kim Gordon, Thurston has poured a
heady brew into whatever speakers this new CD flows
from. Take a sip, and pass it around.
enjoy :)