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Recommended by us on 3rd February 2011
...according to our Brett on Thu 03 Feb, 2011.
I'm liking this shit. I think it might be my favourite SYR release actually. I think I got a little bit bored with the 'solid, dependable and consistent' thing with The Eternal; I guess I felt like it was more of the same thing they've been doing since about the turn of the century only less inspired than the likes of Murray Street, Sonic Nurse and Rather Ripped. But this record's totally getting me excited for the next 'proper' album. Not that SYR releases tend to have much bearing on their more commercial endeavors but it more than shows that they can still bring the darkness, dissonance and atmosphere of their classic mid/late 80s style.. I mean stick some vocals (Kim being all breathy or Thurston being all slacker-y or Lee casually being totally mint) on top of some of these instrumental fuckers and they wouldn't sound that out of place on EVOL or Sister. Granted, it's not all that way - I mean, it is a soundtrack album and as such the sounds on it need to suit a variety of dramatic needs - and there are plenty of examples of their more starkly textural improv work (which I generally tend to think that they don't usually do massively well considering how amazing of a band they are otherwise) but even that stuff's way better than usual. Gotta go fives and hope this is the start of a new chapter for them!
In Spring 2010, Sonic Youth gathered at their Echo Canyon West studio in Hoboken, New Jersey, to watch the rushes of a new film, Simon Werner a Disparu, by French director Fabrice Gobert. They spent the following few weeks recording music which was then shaped as needed to fit the various scenes. For this release, rather than present the small clips of music as used in the film, the band went back in the autumn to the original tapes and reorganized the various pieces for this original soundtrack release, sometimes montaging multiple tracks together, other times extending cues into new sonic realms. The film premiered at Cannes in May 2010 and opened nationwide in France. Original soundtrack inspired by French director Fabrice Gobert’s latest film. Vinyl which is released in March includes digital download coupon with bonus track.
1- Thème de Jérémie (4:27), 2 Alice et Simon (2:34), 3 Les Anges au piano (3:27), 4- Chez Yves (Alice et Clara) (3:29), 5- Jean-Baptiste à la fenêtre (3:01), 6- Thème de Laetitia (5:58), 7- Escapades (3:00), 8- La Cabane au Zodiac (2:04), 9- Dans les bois / M. Rabier (5:46), 10- Jean-Baptiste et Laetitia (1:13), 11- Thème de Simon (3:48), 12- Au Café (5:24), 13- Thème d'Alice (13:08)
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