The solo may once have seemed to matter in the face of
monolithic power. But
in this world of fragments Sonic Youth's shards of sound,
where it is often
difficult to figure out which band member is making which
noise, used to send
me into the streets, ears ringing, eyes glowing, looking for
whiskey or
trouble. "Daydream Nation" is as piognant an evocation of
urban despair and
transcendance as anything this side of Mingus. And has the
hardboiled cachet
of being inspired by a novel: William Gibson's future-noir
_Neuromancer_.
--myshmysh
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