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Psychic Hearts

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Away from SY, thurston has done some super avant garde weir stuff & also some fine pop stuff in this. It starts off w/ a phone call from Melbourne's Midget Stooges asking if he got their demo tape, they did end up being on a split 7" on his Ecstatic Peace label, also later in the album, Yoshimi calls up [from Free Kitten, Boredoms & OOIOO]. These are very good stick in yr head for days songs, particularly the ones on the 1st half of the album, some of the others are slow & lazy, maybe because they're more personal stuff, the title track & Queen Bee have some of his best lyrics ever [see his raps on 1991: the Year Punk Broke which are very amusing]. The last track, Elegy for all the Dead Rock Stars is a 20 minute instrumental strumfest which would be the perfect b-side for the Diamond Sea from the same year. Credit must be given to Steve Shelley & Tim Foljahn for helping him craft this gem.

A really great album. If you like Goo, Dirty and Experimental Jet Set Trash and No Star... this is a great companion piece especially to the latter b/c it was released at the same time. Don't think of this as a Sonic Youth album tho, if you're expecting a SY album you'll be disappointed b/c the other main elements aren't there. But, its a really beautiful thing to listen to... its very Thurston-ish.

this album came out when i was still in high school and man did it just save me. first that same year sonic youth released washing machine witch was another amazing album they had done, but this just grab me from the first song "queen bee and her pals" i couln't stop playing it. and til this day i will play it, and memories of my high school will come back. thurston an amazing artist and great poet. if u ever get the chance to find this cd get it and play believe me it rocks. also if u ever find it on record get it. the record i have is clear green vinyl. and the other lp is black but turn it over and it has skecthes on it.

I've been a fan of sonic youth for about 15 years now, and I never even knew that Thurston Moore put out any solo material. I found this used and jumped up and down as I bought it (not really, but just imagine). My love for this may be biased due to my love of SY to begin with, but maybe not. Plus, Steve Shelley plays drums on it too, so there's that. Definitely stands alone from SY's work, but you can really tell who it is as well.

True freedom in music, incredible guitar playing. A must have for any Sonic Youth fan.

It's obvious who the real artistic force behind Sonic Youth is - Thurston Moore. This is primo Thurston at his best, with the exception of the rather blown out "Elegy for all the dead rock stars", dribbling along for 20 minutes. Good chunky guitar predominates the whole CD, all trademark Moore sound. Buy it!

the best sy cd sy never made. mostly very gloomy music in the EJSTNS vein. "feathers" is most likely a love song bout kim g. and thats cool.