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2007 album from the Sonic Youth mainman. It's Thurston's first solo outing since 1995's Psychic Hearts. Of course, Thurston's been releasing records here, there and everywhere mostly in the context of rowdy and rambunctious noise/improv escapades but this new one is killer diller songs! Unlike Psychic Hearts' skeletal trio rock, this new jammer, 12 years post, has a far fuller bouquet of sonic depth and proves this Sonic dude to have a very real songwriting life outside of the legendary Sonic Youth. This newborn disc is 12 songs long. Thurston recorded primarily on acoustic guitar and bass, laying down the core of the tunes with drummer compatriot Sonic Youth's Steve Shelly and violinist Samara Lubelski, a noted player from MV/EE and The Golden Road, Hall of Fame and other awesome gatherings as well as solo artiste.

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For the most part, Thurston Moore's first solo endeavor since 1995's Psychic Hearts will allow the noise police to stay away. The Sonic Youth ringleader goes at it acoustically, far from his customary cacophonic experimentation, forming a venturesome trio with the Fleeting Skies' Samara Lubelski (violin) and SY's Steve Shelly (drums) and giving his lyrical verve the latitude it deserves. There's a euphonious, near pop-like palpability to tracks like "Frozen Guitar," "Fri/end," and "Honest James," the latter spurred on by the vocals of Christina Carter (The Charalambides) and a guitar intro pawned from the Byrds' "Feel a Whole Lot Better." The isolation of the quieter songs allows Moore's voice to flicker on lines such as "The pearl meets light/And the light gets lost" in the numbing "Silver Blue," or in "The Shape Is in a Trance," where he reveals "I'm not the one they called/But I showed up anyway." So did Dinosaur Jr's J. Mascis, whose notorious guitar heightens the volume on matching instrumentals: the daunting "American Coffin" and the six-minute title song, which ends bluntly before a final hidden track featuring a 13-year-old Moore making inordinate sounds with scissors, coins, and an aerosol can. --Scott Holter

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.47 x 4.92 x 0.35 inches; 2.54 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Drive-Thru Records
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 3358415
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2007
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ August 11, 2007
Label ‏ : ‎ Drive-Thru Records
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000UZ4FMY
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Kevin McCarthy

Best CD 2007

Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2007

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Even if you are not a huge Sonic Youth fan, as I am, this cd is incredible. It has a subtle quietness, even in the noisy bits. The songwriting is dynamic and beautiful. The input by J. Mascis (Dinosaur, JR) is beautiful. Not only was this recorded at his studio, he contributes to the cd musically. You can certainly hear Sonic Youth-ness in many of the songs, and it is haunting and dreamlike. In my opinion, this is the best indy/alternative title of 2007.

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xxzeon

Better than You May Have Heard

Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2014

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W/O going into a diatribe here...let me just say......"take for instance you've NEVER heard a Sonic Youth LP......you WILL still love this record.....maybe even more so!"

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Andrew Kavanagh

Trees

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2009

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Great mix of acoustic soulful songs with hard grunge electric ones.
Thurston is a creative genius!

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KOL

Business as usual

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2007

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OK. thirston More has done some great stuff both solo and together with Sonic Youth. This is in parts very nice but also somewhat overindulgent stuff by an indie star. If you are a fan it is great otherwise there are better ways to start.

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Scott Bresinger

Academy Fight Songs

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2007

("Trees Outside the Academy" by Thurston Moore)

Although Sonic Youth's eternally mopheaded guitar hero has been involved in numerous solo and collaborative projects since his last "major" solo effort, 1995's Psychic Hearts , much of that output hasn't been easy to come by, and usually involving torrents of free guitar noise. This is what some casual listeners would expect, but even many fans would be surprised by Thurston's latest effort, "Trees Outside the Academy," which is anchored by torrents of tightly composed acoustic guitar playing, often resulting in some of the most lovely songs he's ever composed.

Working from longtime friend J. Mascis' (of Dinosaur Jr.) home studio, and featuring a small group of collaborators including Mascis, SY's Steve Shelley on drums and violinist/solo artist Samara Lubelski, this certainly isn't the Thurston solo effort fans would hope for, but it's the one we get, and we should love it as such. "Psychic Hearts" was a spotty effort, featuring one of Thurston's best ever songs (the title track), and a lot of half baked efforts that grew out of the kind of songs the mothership band were doing at the time. The new album, therefore, will appeal to fans of recent SY albums such as Rather Ripped : that is, song-based rather than jammy, with strong melodies. Here Thurston is mainly playing acoustic guitar, but the songwriting is still clearly his, right down to the time changes. On a number of songs, J. Mascis does step in with his usual fiery electric guitar playing, so noise hasn't been abandoned altogether. There are moments here as bracing as anything in SY's cataologue, but they're balanced against moments of equal beauty and delicacy. The instrumental "Off Work" is case in point--Thurston plays the melody lines on acoustic, Mascis plays noisy counterpoint on electric, while Lubelski's violin adds in plenty of color. Much of the rest of the album, in particular the soft, straightforward "Never Day," establish Thurston as a singer-songwriter trapped in an indie rocker's body. This is again balanced with occasional outbursts of white noise, such as the 37-second "Free Noise Among Friends," and the closing instrumental of the title track, which uses the full band dynamic to build into a compressed (despite a 6 minute running time) head of steam. It should also be noted that Shelley's drumming on the album differs a bit from his SY work--an often motorik method cleary taken from so-called Krautrock bands like Can. The end result of the album is thrilling--even if one were to ignore Moore's long resume, this would still be one of the best of the year.

The closer, allegedly "hidden" track, "Thurston @ 13," is an old tape recovered from his parent's house featuring a young Thurston (though his voice had obviously changed by this point) playing around with various sounds--"What you are about to hear is me dropping a quarter on the table...there." What should be a somewhat embarrassing bit of juvenalia is, in the context of the album and Thurston's career in general, a curious and playful sxploration of sound itself. "Trees,,," shows him at the current summit of his exploring, and proves that he's far from finished yet.

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Piers Moktan

Sustaining his remarkable creativity

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2008

Like Einstürzende Neubauten, Thurston Moore and Sonic Youth have been knocking around for what seems like aeons, and like Einstürzende Neubauten, he (and they) show no signs of going stale. The twenty-first century has even seen Sonic Youth acquire a new pedigree (`Sonic Nurse' and `Rather Ripped' were both superb albums). Similarly, Thurston's `Trees Outside The Academy' has made quite a few people's best-of-year lists, and deservedly so. Solo it may be, but indulgent it is not - this is a suite of sung songs, with the guitars generally veering away from overly-electrified angles, and back-up provided by Samara Lubelski's violin, Steve Shelley's drums, and even Christina Carter's amazing free-form vocals.

The cuts here evince that same self-assured charm that Sonic Youth demonstrated on 1988's unrepeatable marvel `Daydream Nation'- every track unfolds naturally, with guitars, vocals, drums, and violin all in perfect synchrony. The full-on maelstrom often characteristic of that classic work may be missing, but it nonetheless feels so right, and this being Thurston Moore, experimental distortion is not entirely absent, just kept in its place, subordinate to a (slightly) more relaxed ethos. Anyone who considers themselves a Sonic Youth fan will simply have to invest in this superb collection of riffs, vibes and harmonies.

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EDSKES

How solo should sound

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2007

The pitfalls of a solo effort that branches out from a well-known band are, I think, these: that the solo artist will sound too much like the band from which he comes, as if to prove that he is the band's defining artistic presence; or that the solo artist will sound too little like the band, raising the question of what the solo artist contributes to the band. Thurston Moore's Trees Outside the Academy steers clear of both: especially on the faster-tempo songs featuring the drumming of Sonic Youth bandmate Steve Shelby, the songs echo just enough of SY's controlled chaos without sounding as though they'd truly fit on a Sonic Youth album. Other slower-tempo songs, including arrangements with violin, would fit even less on a SY record, but establish Moore as a distinctive songwriting talent (if anyone had any doubts) -- these are songs that catch you early with strong hooks and melodies but continue to reward repeated listens. Despite a couple of noisy outliers, this is a fantastic group of songs, one that confirms Thurston Moore as a musical artist of the first rank. Just two:

"Frozen GTR" -- begins with a burst of violin whale song, affirming that Moore will be walking back and forth over the line between noise and music -- a line few dare.

"The Shape Is In a Trance" -- a brilliant arrangement of violin and acoustic guitar.

Fantastic songs.

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John-On-Wye

Not sure why.. BUT TOTALLY DIG IT MAN!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 27, 2015

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Never a Sonic Youth Fan... Not My (62 Yr-old!) Era - but play and replay this album again & again.. Cool... COOL... COOL!!! Indefinable genre-wise but just ENJOY!!!!!! :-)

Cedric Madec

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2014

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Great release from Thurston Moore, much more interesting than his accoustic records ...

DANIEL AH

Beautiful

Reviewed in Canada on March 19, 2020

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As a long-time fan of Sonic Youth, I decided to run after a couple o Thurston Moore CD's last year.

Wow! This CD is amazing, my favorite up to now.

The second song, "The Shape is in a Trance", is simply amazing.

Can't wait to hear some of his other work.

Manuel Grosso Galvan

RECOPILANDO IDEAS

Reviewed in Spain on March 22, 2015

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Es un disco de transición, del mundo experimental y epico de Sonic Youth a otro mas personal e introvertido. Año 2007, el inicio de una separación anunciada, este es un disco a caballo entre dos mundos. Interesante y bello a la par. Muy recomendable y bastante facil de asimilar, a pesar de esa portada a lo Ramone es mucho mas dulce y afable de lo que parece. Estupendos arreglos de cuerda.

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Georg Hirsch

Kratzer auf der Scheibe

Reviewed in Germany on May 9, 2021

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Die Scheibe knackt.

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