Sonic Youth – Washing Machine 2LP Online now

After defying their status as America s pre-eminent alternative band with 1994 s stripped down Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star, Sonic Youth returned a year later with the adventurous Washing Machine, a heightened and hookless 2LP-set produced by former engineer John Siket. Driven by the ringing electric guitars of Lee Ranaldo and Thurston Moore and extended multi-layered arrangements, Washing Machine straddles the line of art and invention perfectly and features two of the longest songs of the band s career with the 9 1 2 minute title cut and nearly 20-minute epic The Diamond Sea. Kim Deal even shows up for guest vocals on the haunting Little Trouble Girl.