Moore, Thurston / Demolished Thoughts
| Album: | Demolished Thoughts | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Moore, Thurston | Added: | Jun 2011 | |
| Label: | Matador Records | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-08-14 | Pull Date: | 2011-10-16 |
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| Week Ending: | Oct 16 | Oct 2 | Sep 25 | Sep 18 | Sep 11 | Sep 4 | Aug 28 | Aug 21 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 10, 2022: | Daydream Disaster (rebroadcast from Mar 14, 2013)
Blood Never Lies |
4. | Jan 12, 2016: | a strange pursuit
Space |
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| 2. | May 23, 2018: | Music for Misfits
Benediction |
5. | Mar 14, 2013: | Daydream Disaster
Blood Never Lies |
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| 3. | Jan 21, 2016: | Life Aquatic
Space |
6. | Dec 02, 2011: | Daydream Disaster
Orchard Street |
Album Review
Robo
Reviewed 2011-08-15
Reviewed 2011-08-15
Thurston Moore: Demolished Thoughts (Matador)
Solo album from Thurston Moore, produced by Beck. This is not the noise/indie rock one would expect from Moore’s Sonic Youth. Instead one gets mellow strummed acoustic guitar (often layered with other gtr work), soft vox and violin(s)—even the occasional harp. Little percussion except where noted. Lots of rather beautiful instrumental sections. Songs are not hurried, but introspective. Earnest, evocative lyrics.
Best tracks: 01, 03, 05
01 Benediction 5:16: mellow acoustic gtr, soft vox, violin, gtr solo at end
02 Illuminine 4:03: mid-tempo, acoustic gtr, violin—lots of plucking, harmonics, a harp
03 Circulation 4:11: upbeat, heavy acoustic gtr stum, spacey overdubs, tom-toms, long instrumental end
04 Blood Never Lies 5:08: mellow, long instrumental intro w/ fiddle, gtr picking, backing vox
05 Orchard Street 6:57: mid-tempo, slight percussion, strummy, harp
06 In Silver Rain With A Paper Key 5:44: opens eerily; mid-tempo, acoustic gtr (layered), vox, violin
07 Mina Loy 4:02: mid-tempo, a little discordant, some whistling
08 Space 6:40: No singing until 3 mins in; nice spacey layers of acoustic gtrs; very mellow, minor primitive percussion
09 January 4:52: mellow layers of noodling acoustic gtr, violin; singing comes after 2 mins
Solo album from Thurston Moore, produced by Beck. This is not the noise/indie rock one would expect from Moore’s Sonic Youth. Instead one gets mellow strummed acoustic guitar (often layered with other gtr work), soft vox and violin(s)—even the occasional harp. Little percussion except where noted. Lots of rather beautiful instrumental sections. Songs are not hurried, but introspective. Earnest, evocative lyrics.
Best tracks: 01, 03, 05
01 Benediction 5:16: mellow acoustic gtr, soft vox, violin, gtr solo at end
02 Illuminine 4:03: mid-tempo, acoustic gtr, violin—lots of plucking, harmonics, a harp
03 Circulation 4:11: upbeat, heavy acoustic gtr stum, spacey overdubs, tom-toms, long instrumental end
04 Blood Never Lies 5:08: mellow, long instrumental intro w/ fiddle, gtr picking, backing vox
05 Orchard Street 6:57: mid-tempo, slight percussion, strummy, harp
06 In Silver Rain With A Paper Key 5:44: opens eerily; mid-tempo, acoustic gtr (layered), vox, violin
07 Mina Loy 4:02: mid-tempo, a little discordant, some whistling
08 Space 6:40: No singing until 3 mins in; nice spacey layers of acoustic gtrs; very mellow, minor primitive percussion
09 January 4:52: mellow layers of noodling acoustic gtr, violin; singing comes after 2 mins
Track Listing
| 1. | Benediction | 5. | Orchard Street | |||
| 2. | Illuminine | 6. | In Silver Rain With A Paper Key | |||
| 3. | Circulation | 7. | Mina Loy | |||
| 4. | Blood Never Lies | 8. | Space | |||
| 9. | January | |||||