John Agnello - The Eternal (CD)

Produced by John Agnelloand the band, The Eternalnot only marks Sonic Youth's return to the independent label sphere (titles on their own SYR label excepted) after a long association with Geffen, but more importantly, ranks as one of their more inspired efforts in a 28 year career. Recorded through November and December of 2008 at the band's Echo Canyon West studio in Hoboken, NJ, The Eternalfeatures many firsts for a Sonic Youth album, including a number of shared vocals between Kim Gordon, Thurston Moore, and Lee Ranaldo, and the studio debut of former Pavement/Dustdevils bassist Mark Ibold, a member of Sonic Youth's touring band for the past few years. They will be touring throughout the summer in support of the new album.Of The Eternal, Matador's Gerard Cosloysays, "We've not had a record in our recent history that's been the subject of nearly as much speculation and anticipation. Suffice to say we're pretty amazed at the way the band delivered something this neoteric while still sounding like, well, themselves. Less of a reinvention and perhaps more to do with a particularly awesome dozen songs."