Beim amerikanischen ROLLING STONE gibt es ein paar zusätzliche Infos:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9438579/sonic_youth_bring_seventies_rock?rnd=1143808303132&has-player=true&version=6.0.12.1212
Demnach sollen ein paar der neuen Stücke Einflüsse von Blue Öyster Cult aufweisen (mal sehen, ob ich das raushören werde; ich mag BÖC ja). Und Coco, die Tochter von Kim und Thurston, fühlte sich beim neuen Song „What a Waste“ an die Titelmelodie von Friends erinnert…
Im SY-Forum sind die folgenden Fakten zusammengetragen worden:
Kim Gordon – 5 songs,
Thurston Moore- 6 songs,
Lee Ranaldo – 1 song
Jim O’Rourke left the band
Rather Ripped has 12 songs. Descriptions:
01. Reena (sung by Kim Gordon)
02. Incinerate (sung by Thurston Moore, a propulsive song, a song kinda like Teenage Riot)
03. Do You Believe in Rapture? (sung by Thurston Moore)
04. Sleepin‘ Around – (sung by Thurston Moore, previously called Sonic Mirror)
05. What a Waste – (described by Kim/Thurston’s daughter Coco as a rip off from Friends series theme song of Rembrandts)
06. Jams Run Free
07. Rats (sung by Lee Ranaldo, blends a dark bass grove with thick sheets of guitar, whatever that means)
08. Turquoise Boy (sung by Kim Gordon, a gentle song dirtied up with bursts of noise at its conclusion)
09. Lights Out
10. The Neutral
11. Pink Steam (Sung by Thurston)
12. Or (Sung by Thurston)
Lee Ranaldo:
„Some of it seems to be an extension of the last couple of records, but some hearkens forward into territory and also back to earlier, more dissonant and atonal stuff we’ve done. There’s definitely some rocking songs and also some sound piece-y kind of things that are pretty interesting as well.“
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