Walls have ears

"Drawn from recordings of UK shows in 1985, 'Walls Have Ears' is a wild, unvarnished listen that gets back to the difficult, defiant essence of Sonic Youth".

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"Sonic Youth's best live albums shed light on their mood and creative process at the time of recording, and 'Walls Have Ears' is no exception ... This is an exhilarating portrait of the band's shift from their no wave beginnings to the more complex and melodic style that defined their later work. As they tear through songs from 'Confusion Is Sex', 'Bad Moon Rising', and what would become 'EVOL', 'Walls' delivers reminder after reminder of just how dangerous the group sounded at this time ... Having your mind and eardrums blown at any of these shows would have been amazing, but witnessing Sonic Youth reclaim this part of their history with an official, cleaned-up version of Walls Have Ears comes close".

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"This storied 1986 live bootleg captured the band on the cusp between New York Noise act and alt-rock behemoth. Thirty-eight years later, it finally gets an official release ... With the grittiest versions of their grittiest songs, it's hard to deny that even at their best, they were brash, harsh, and confusing. They'd probably take each of those as compliments".

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"This storied 1986 live bootleg captured the band on the cusp between New York Noise act and alt-rock behemoth. Thirty-eight years later, it finally gets an official release ... With the grittiest versions of their grittiest songs, it's hard to deny that even at their best, they were brash, harsh, and confusing. They'd probably take each of those as compliments".

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"Drawn from recordings of UK shows in 1985, 'Walls Have Ears' is a wild, unvarnished listen that gets back to the difficult, defiant essence of Sonic Youth".

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"Sonic Youth's best live albums shed light on their mood and creative process at the time of recording, and 'Walls Have Ears' is no exception ... This is an exhilarating portrait of the band's shift from their no wave beginnings to the more complex and melodic style that defined their later work. As they tear through songs from 'Confusion Is Sex', 'Bad Moon Rising', and what would become 'EVOL', 'Walls' delivers reminder after reminder of just how dangerous the group sounded at this time ... Having your mind and eardrums blown at any of these shows would have been amazing, but witnessing Sonic Youth reclaim this part of their history with an official, cleaned-up version of Walls Have Ears comes close".

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