SYR8
 

I got my copy of Andre Sider af Sonic Youth yesterday (never been so happy to see UPS before) and I've been wearing it out. Nice little reminder of why I'm obsessed with this band. Anyone else heard this yet? What do you think?

Yeah, we've heard it.

Yeah, I guess I thought someone on this thread might want to talk about SY's music instead of what kind of shoes Thurston wears or where Kim gets her haircut... Silly me.

If you do some digging, you'll see we've talked about this in detail on other threads. Even a poll on which one you thought was better, 7 or 8.

Way to come up in here and offend regular posters with your 2nd post ever! Smart way to introduce yrself.

Oh come on... has no one ever signed on a board and forgot to search before posting a thread? Cause I did.

Welcome on the board pedestrian!
And for the thread: haven't heard it yet

I dont mind posting something already posted. Jeez we all STILL do that on this board. It was the "Thurston's shoes... silly me" comment that grinded my gears.

its great.. deserves to be played at eleven....

and whats wrong with converse?

fuck the search button if you dont want to talk about something with someone dont talk to them. Post your thoughts in the other thread if it bothers you.

I haven't heard it yet, or 7 but i'm excited. bouncing almost.

its good stuff. comes at you from all angles

better than sy7? all signs point to no.

every damn time...

WELCOME!!!

and I love SYR8...

My copy came yesterday right on the release day. How does that happen? SYR8 is a serious mind fuck. It seems restrained and sustained. Doesn't peak at all.

Sorry. Didn't mean to offend anyone. Just think that SYR8 is some really amazing music and wanted to share my excitement with people who understand. This entire record is brilliant from start to finish and never relents. I've been to every SY show I could get to since the mid-90s and I still can't get over how they're still able to surprise me. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with converse.

Your'e right, its valid discussion material. Haven't gotten to listen yet. I ordered mine monday.
People really shouldn't be being such assholes about his
haha just be sure to look before you post a therad again.
Welcome to the board, hope you aren't scared away by some of the more irritable members. XD

and stop putting "XD" ....(just kidding viewtiful, I love ya!)

"irritable"???!!!
who's irritable?
are you talking about ME?
You wanna fight, right?

i just bought mine from sound fix (on bedford). i'm loading it to my i-tunes now and it's coming up as orson welles war of the worlds.

Yeah, it does that.

mine will arrive tomorrow! can't wait to hear it.

Haha you to?
Must have been some sonic humor.

I'm picking mine up today after work. I have to return some overdue library books, too, but that's not important.

I downloaded it from intenet the same 28th of july! Haven't heard it yet!!!

Dude, are you seriously on the SY board telling us that you just downloaded (ei: DID NOT PAY) for a release put out by the bands own label? Pretty weak.

fuck, that album is so good... i've underrated him. awesome improvistation. i'm looking for it to buy, if i will find it in poland..:D

Are you kidding me? If no one returned their library books, the libraries couldn't function. Look at it this way: If a library holds 60,000 books (now I'm not sure how close that is to reality, but just as an arbitrary number) in a town of 30,000 people (a small town, by any standards), and half the town takes out 4 library books each, what happens to the other half of the town?

Granted, not everyone takes out 4 books. But even if everyone in the town takes out 2 books--if those never get returned, then everyone will be locked into those two books.

That's like socialism. It's a political gateway to communism. Libraries are here to promote democracy and the spread of education, not inhibit it.

Apathy is what's wrong with this world, and it's a sad day on earth when poor children can't even pick up a book from their local book-lenders.

Not important? For shame.

If you don't return your books, your library might become a librairie. (learn french, kiddies :D)

(librairie means bookstore in french)

acousticrock is awesome!

Merzbow's part on SYR8 actually makes me feel nervous.

favourite part so far around the ninth monute or somehting

My favorite thing about SYR8 is Steve's drumming.

I downloaded this in august just to lend a quick ear, but i got my copy only today.
This is awesome.
Steve's drumming.
Kim's vocals.
The brass sounds great.
hyper manipulations of FX w/gtrs.
this is really great.
abrasive, edgy and radical.
yayz!


signed
happy bunny

Never heard of that.

so jim is on electric measuring tape....what the fuck is that please? seems totally inaudible, thought maybe he was on his EMS synthi.