Between The Times & The Tides
The biggest solo production of the Sonic Youth co-founder's career features contributions from SY bandmate Steve Shelley, Wilco's Nels Cline, jazz organist John Medeski, guitarist Alan Licht, and former bandmate Jim O'Rourke.
The vibe on Between The Times And The Tides, the new solo album by Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo, is very Big Chill. And there’s nothing wrong with that. Ranaldo has reached the age where looking back replaces looking forward, and these 10 songs are filled more with vague images and blurry forms than living,…
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With the dreamy, brooding quality to songs like "Mote," "Hey Joni," and "Wish Fulfillment," Lee Ranaldo could be seen as the George Harrison of Sonic Youth, offering a more lyrical contrast to the blunter and more abstract approaches of Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon.
With any new Lee Ranaldo album, the first question to ask is: which Ranaldo? In Sonic Youth, his work veers from straight-up rock to obtuse noise; in his downtime, there’s improvised collaborations with jazz acts and wilfully avant-garde installation pieces to stretch his muse.
Temporality has always been a paramount concern in the songs of Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo.
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