Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth, “Sonic Youth” (DGC, 1990s; original release 1982)
This is Sonic Youth’s earliest work, an EP, plus unreleased live stuff. It’s much starker and more focused than their subsequent efforts, with an almost Factory-like minimalist-funk pulse in spots, but this is also their most hypnotically pure sea-of-grey-guitar-whirr sound, unleavened by rock histrionics (much less any variety of pop). Beautifully feral, crying-in-the-urban-wilderness music.
Try 1, 2, 5, 7
10/11/14