A seven minute song (stream) from the forthcoming (June, 8th) new SY album Sonic Nurse I discovered here (album thread). This is very exciting actually. A pretty slow textural almost ambient (esp. the mystic intro) track. The intro sounds a little like Wagner's Parsifal Vorspiel except for those electronic beeps. I love how the song unfolds slowly and never rocks out. The force is in the restraint here. Wonderful interplay between the guitars. A dreamy unearthly melody. Kim's whispering voice is so sexy I can't believe it. I have the feeling this could be their return after all those rather boring albums (the standards I apply to SY are extremely high) after Dirty which was the release that made me get into them. That is probably the reason why it is still my fave of theirs. Goo maybe was even better but doesn't have that "initiation into a new sound" tag on it for me. Sonic Youth are one of the few rock bands with whose music I can imagine growing old.

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