{"product_id":"sonic-youth-evol","title":"Sonic Youth - EVOL","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eBy 1986, Sonic Youth had spent a few records pushing detuned, alternate-tuned guitars into pure noise territory, but \u003cem\u003eEVOL\u003c\/em\u003e is the moment that noise started organizing itself into something closer to actual songwriting. Released that May on SST Records and recorded at BC Studio with Martin Bisi, the album also marked the arrival of drummer Steve Shelley, whose steadier, more controlled playing gave the band's sprawling guitar interplay somewhere solid to land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eThat shift shows up most clearly on \"Shadow of a Doubt\" and \"Tom Violence,\" both of which hint at the melodic instincts the band would fully embrace two years later on \u003cem\u003eDaydream Nation\u003c\/em\u003e. There's real structure here, verses and choruses buried under layers of detuned strings and feedback, even as the band keeps one foot firmly in chaos. Mike Watt of the Minutemen and fIREHOSE adds bass on \"In the Kingdom #19\" and the band's cover of \"Bubblegum,\" while performance artist Lydia Lunch co-wrote \"Marilyn Moore,\" continuing a creative partnership that had already surfaced on the band's previous record. The album closes with \"Expressway to Yr. Skull,\" a long, sprawling slab of pure noise that strips away any pretense of pop structure and reminds listeners exactly where this band came from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eEVOL\u003c\/em\u003e sits at a genuine turning point in Sonic Youth's catalog, the record where their experimental instincts and their pop sensibilities first started talking to each other rather than fighting for control. Essential listening for anyone tracing how the band got from their earliest, most abrasive work to the landmark records that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AMS","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl","offer_id":47360226820258,"sku":null,"price":29.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0633\/5024\/3490\/files\/2906885.jpg?v=1782449224","url":"https:\/\/staticatx.com\/es\/products\/sonic-youth-evol","provider":"Static ATX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}