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Holy Fucking Shit: 98

Trip Hop manifesto. Reshaped the genre, accomplishing whatever it could; took it to its necessary conclusions in terms of soundscapes and experience conception. Its gloomy-dark-dense-heavy-dreadful-suspended atmospheres and its ethereal-angelic vocals crafted what was then and still is now an absolutely unique experience. Not 100 just because there are a couple songs that may feel redundant towards the end.

More explosive but less anarchic, starts off setting stellar high standards but then it slowly loses its focus resulting a bit redundant towards the last 2-3 songs. Still the playing is great and most of their signature features feel more defined than in EVOL, but was this more mature and conventional version of SY truly a step forward?

P.S.
Shizoprenia is probably my favourite Sonic Youth track so far

Band and genre defining work. Its misty, dreamy but still heavily consistent sound textures sublimate in an almost extra-corporeal experience.