Sonic Youth - A Thousand Leaves - Music & Performance - Vinyl

Limited vinyl LP pressing. A Thousand Leaves was Sonic Youth's 10th studio album and the group's first major effort to be recorded at their own Echo Canyon studio in NYC. Free from the constraints of paying for costly studio time, the band was able to work at their desired pace and experiment at will. The result was an album born out of improvisation, chiefly characterized by the guitar interplay between guitarists Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo. The album title was inspired by Walt Whitman as Moore explained, "The same way he improvises with images and words, we improvise with sounds and notes." Sonic Youth formed in 1981. Founding members Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals), Kim Gordon (bass guitar, vocals, guitar) and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of the band, while Steve Shelley (drums) followed a series of short-term drummers in 1985, and rounded out the core line-up. In their early career Sonic Youth were associated with the no wave art and music scene in New York City. Part of the first wave of American noise rock groups, the band carried out their interpretation of the hardcore punk ethos throughout the evolving American underground that focused more on the DIY ethic of the genre rather than it's specific sound.

Limited vinyl LP pressing. A Thousand Leaves was Sonic Youth's 10th studio album and the group's first major effort to be recorded at their own Echo Canyon studio in NYC. Free from the constraints of paying for costly studio time, the band was able to work at their desired pace and experiment at will. The result was an album born out of improvisation, chiefly characterized by the guitar interplay between guitarists Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo. The album title was inspired by Walt Whitman as Moore explained, "The same way he improvises with images and words, we improvise with sounds and notes." Sonic Youth formed in 1981. Founding members Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals), Kim Gordon (bass guitar, vocals, guitar) and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of the band, while Steve Shelley (drums) followed a series of short-term drummers in 1985, and rounded out the core line-up. In their early career Sonic Youth were associated with the no wave art and music scene in New York City. Part of the first wave of American noise rock groups, the band carried out their interpretation of the hardcore punk ethos throughout the evolving American underground that focused more on the DIY ethic of the genre rather than it's specific sound.

Performer	Sonic Youth
Music genre	Rock
Music subgenre	Noise Rock
Music release type	Release
Media format	LP
Original release date	2016
Edition	Standard
Language	English
Is collectible	N
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	2
Series title	Sonic Youth - Thousand Leaves [Vinyl]
Track listing	Contre Le Sexisme 3:52, Sunday 4:52, Female Mechanic Now on Duty 7:44, Wildflower Soul 9:01, Hoarfrost 4:58, French Tickler 4:50, Hits of Sunshine (For Allen Ginsberg) 10:59, Karen Koltrane 9:18, The Ineffable Me 5:18, Snare, Girl 6:38, Heather Angel 6:06
Record label	Geffen Records
Songwriter	Sonic Youth
Track name	Contre Le Sexisme, Sunday, Female Mechanic Now On Duty, Wild Flower Soul, Hoarfrost, French Tickler, Hits Of Sunshine (For Allen Ginsberg), Karen Koltrane, The Ineffable Me, Snare, Girl, Heather Angel
Music media format	Vinyl Record
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N