Sonic Youth’s eighth studio album overall and third major-label LP harkened back to the group’s indie-label days and particularly their time on punk label SST Records.
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The band’s fifth studio album possesses a frantic intensity that never seems to die down, normally only captured by a newborn band hungry to prove their collective rage.
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The band’s tenth studio album represented an indulgent return to their subversive, high concept recordings of the past, with a hint of middle-aged malaise.
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A product of its early ‘80s New York City environment, ‘Confusion Is Sex’ is not enjoyable, easy listening. But it’s important. It’s noisy and raw, wholly abrasive.
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