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a b c d e f g h "Washing Machine". Sonicyouth.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2012 . Retrieved June 7, 2014. Every person on earth has, at some point, wanted to be someone else. We’ve all had one or more of those days – the ones that make you want to drop all of your emotional baggage in a deep, deep lake and abscond to a place where you become an unmeasured quantity; no history, no relationships by which to be defined, no preconceived notions that expose your bullshit and describe you to a T.

What do you make of the, by now, completely expected but sexually primal vocals of Kim Gordon? They're an acquired taste to be sure. We tend not to follow through on these urges though, as tempting as they may be. In the end, our loved ones and our responsibilities – and a fair amount of fear of the unknown – keep us rooted in our assigned times and places. The thought of starting over simply becomes a bit too much to take on, so we sigh, indulge in entertainment, or food, or illicit substances (to each their own), and our head hits the pillow in the hopes of a better tomorrow. Recorded between Jim O’Rourke’s departure and Mark Ibold’s arrival, Rather Ripped is perhaps the only one of Sonic Youth’s late-period albums with Kim Gordon primarily on bass guitar. And it has held up well as the most popular and immediate album of the band’s last decade, with propulsive yet melodic songs like “Incinerate” and relatively few extended instrumental passages. “Dig the way SY’s oddly tuned guitars chirp and chime where they used to gnash and grind,” wrote Tom Sinclair in an Entertainment Weekly review that compared the album’s sound to The Byrds. Second CD is exclusive material from France Inter recorded at Elysee Montmartre in Paris, France on September 12, 1995. Outside this emphatically on-brand excursion, Thurston Moore seethes with defiantly snarky tough love ( Junkie’s Promise), but also coos sweetly ( Unwind). Lee Ranaldo slays in his semi-featured role as a vocalist (the dreamy Saucer-Like and the nebbish spoken word tough-guy-ism of Skip Tracer). Kim Gordon offers breathy declarations ( Becuz), and punkish snarls ( Panty Lies), while also displaying a well-calibrated fragility to embody a teen girl through the sprechgesang plea for an honest relationship with her mother ( Little Trouble Girl).a b "Washing Machine". Dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012 . Retrieved July 14, 2014. Sonic Youth - Little Trouble Girl". MTV. Archived from the original on July 6, 2014 . Retrieved July 6, 2014.

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