So we're starting again

So this died out.

Again.

Yeah, I know, it always does.

Anyway, here's another fresh start.

Album Name: Daydream Nation

Artist Name: Sonic Youth

Album Date: 1988

Okay, so since I'm listening to this for the first time in ages while I write this, this is our first review.

Sonic Youth are a truly legendary band.
They've been going since the early 80's, with the ever unique style of the entire band having never played an instrument before they started, and using only cheap instruments + learning as they go, giving them that punk-rock edge that so many punk legends had (Sid Vicious as example).

However Sonic Youth hold a place in my music library for one main reason, they pionereed/spearheaded two genre's.

One, the legendary Grunge Rock. The Seattle Sound, kicking off in the 80's and coming to fruition in the early 90's with Nirvana's Nevermind album hitting the big time, they were one band that started on the legendary Grunge label, Sub Pop, and were always on the scene to some degree.

The second, a genre I am less familiar with, is Noise Rock, pure un-adulterated, distorted, heavy, chaotic, noise. Plain and simple.

The album Daydream Nation, as all good Sonic Youth Albums do, has elements of both, but to me leans heavily towards the Grunge side of things. It also keeps to Sonic Youth's light grunge stylings, while heavily leaning away from Grunge and towards Alt. Rock in general. However, the album does retain the distorted riffs, the chaotic instrumentals, and the pure un-adulterated noise that is what they became known for.

The album has a variety of tracks, some featuring only Kim Gordon on vocals, some being instrumental, most however being completely reliant upon the male members of the band, with Kim singing backing vocals.

To me, the album is something I can just get lost in, sitting listening to the structured, melodic chaos that unravels around me as I drown in the distorted guitar, obscure lyrics, and ever thumping drum beats.

I recommend this album to every single one of you, simply so you can have a taste of two genre's at a single point in time, seeing as this album is probably Sonic Youth's best work.

8.9/10