Sonic Youth WASHING MACHINE(2LP) - Vinyl

WASHING MACHINE features an unlisted instrumental as track 9.Sonic Youth: Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley.Additional personnel: Kim Deal, Lorette Velvette, Melissa Dunn (background vocals).Recorded at Easley Studios, Memphis, Tennessee; Mott Street & Greene Street Studios, New York, New York between January and May 1995.WASHING MACHINE returns Sonic Youth to the ringing electric guitars, clever songwriting and multi-layered arrangements that are the band's calling card. Not the casual acoustic sigh of its predecessor, EXPERIMENTAL JET SET, TRASH AND NO STAR, WASHING MACHINE's electricity gives Sonic Youth new life.With its sprawling guitar noise, "The Diamond Sea" recalls the GOO-era "Mote," proving that the crunching metallic waves that once made Sonic Youth so impressive are back. "Junkie's Promise" trembles with distortion and shimmering melodic phrases, while "Saucer-Like" brings the band's clamoring two-guitar dynamic back into focus. This is the band's