{"product_id":"sonic-youth-the-eternal","title":"Sonic Youth - The Eternal","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eAfter two decades on Geffen and DGC, Sonic Youth's move to Matador Records for \u003cem\u003eThe Eternal\u003c\/em\u003e felt less like a comedown and more like a return to where they started, and the album that came out of it sounds like a band freed up by the change. Released in June 2009, it became the band's highest charting album in the US, reaching number 18 on the Billboard 200, proof that even fifteen albums in, Sonic Youth could still find new audiences rather than just holding onto old ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eMark Ibold of Pavement joined as guest bassist here, and his presence seems to loosen the whole record up. \u003cem\u003eThe Eternal\u003c\/em\u003e moves between the band's noisier, more abrasive instincts and genuinely catchy songwriting without much friction between the two. \"Sacred Trickster\" and \"Antenna\" lean toward the pop side of that equation, full of hooks buried just under layers of detuned guitar, while \"Anti-Orgasm\" and \"Leaky Lifeboat (for Gregory Corso)\" pull back toward the sprawling, experimental side of the band's catalog. It's a record that sounds energized rather than tired, a band still finding new corners of their own sound this late into their career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Eternal\u003c\/em\u003e would end up being Sonic Youth's final studio album, which makes its loose, confident energy feel even more fitting in hindsight. Rather than closing things out on a cautious note, the band went out sounding like they still had plenty left to say.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AMS","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl","offer_id":47360226689186,"sku":null,"price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0633\/5024\/3490\/files\/0744861082910.jpg?v=1782449084","url":"https:\/\/staticatx.com\/es\/products\/sonic-youth-the-eternal","provider":"Static ATX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}