Daydream Nation

Sonic Youth, “Daydream Nation” (Blast first/Enigma, 1988)
Summary masterpiece from their great decade; the noise-torrents have been sanded down to something like melodic rock and roll, but this actually kicks harder than anything they’d done since “Confusion Is Sex.” A vision of pre-Giuliani NYC unmatched for grandeur and force by anything except “Marquee Moon.” All great; my current faves are 4, 5, 9, 12, 13, 14.
4/19/13