Name: Confusion Is Sex
Brand: Sonic Youth

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Bonus disc: No

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GOO022LP

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Black

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Extended format

Extended format: No

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-11-18

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

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787996802213

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

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Sonic Youth

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Alternative / Modern

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Goofin

Goofin' is a renowned music label founded by the iconic band Sonic Youth. As the band's own label, Goofin' specializes in reissuing their regular albums and exclusive recordings in both vinyl and compact disc formats. With a name derived from combining "Goo" and "Geffen," Goofin' has established itself as an authoritative source for *Sonic Youth* enthusiasts seeking high-quality releases. Whether you're a dedicated fan or new to their unique sound, Goofin' offers a diverse selection of music that captures the essence of Sonic Youth's groundbreaking artistry.

Sonic Youth, formed in New York City in 1981, is a highly influential band that emerged from the No-Wave music scene. Comprised of Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Kim Gordon, and Richard Edson initially, they later added drummer Steve Shelley. With their roots in experimental music and collaborations with Glenn Branca, Sonic Youth has consistently pushed boundaries throughout their career.

Over the years, Sonic Youth recorded 15 albums together and embarked on various side and solo projects. Their work is known for its challenging and innovative nature, making them one of the most intriguing bands of their time. The album "Sonic Nurse," featuring Jim O'Rourke's talents alongside the band members', further solidified their reputation.

In 2011, Sonic Youth went on an indefinite hiatus following the separation of Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore after nearly three decades of marriage. Despite this setback, their impact on alternative rock remains undeniable.

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The first complete Sonic Youth album is one of Thurston Moore’s favourites. Originally slated to be a 7” to follow up their self-titled debut, Sonic Youth’s Confusion Is Sex blossomed into the band’s first album: a brain-bludgeoning, completely fried endeavor of dissonance and disarray, a perfect soundtrack for running from a chain-wielding gang near the SIN Club. This was the sound of 1983 New York City, nothing like the jangly roots of college radio rock starting to formulate in Athens, Georgia. It sounded like no one else on Earth, for that matter. The raw, Wharton Tiers 8-track production is dark, the Kim Gordon- scrawled cover figure art of Thurston Moore is dark, Lee Ranaldo’s back cover photo-collage and Catherine Ceresole’s crumpled-xeroxed images that adorned the inside are dark. It’s an album that moves Sonic Youth forward from their first EP almost by devolving backwards into true ugly, lo-fi primitivity.

The bareboned arsenal of junkpile guitars and implementation of alternate tunings was growing, and so were the songs that matched the individual attributes of each instrument: certain ones groan and growl a specific way that the band started to realize itself could become the compositional germ of a song. Herein is the threshold of a new explosion of the band’s creativity, replacing the comparatively cleaner buzz of the Sonic Youth EP with guitars that spew fractured, uglier chunks of sound everywhere, held down by menacing minimalist basslines (actually played by Thurston on half of this LP, and for the only time ever on “Protect Me You) and the brutal-yet-controlled metronomic drumming of Jim Sclavunos, augmented with replacement drummer Bob Bert’s notable bashing on Making the Nature Scene and of I Wanna Be Your Dog.

Confusion Is Sex

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