243. Sonic Youth - nyc ghosts & flowers

243.SYnycghosts&flowers,
originally uploaded by jrd550.

This isn't really an album. Well it is of course, but it's really more of a side project, or should have been, maybe even released on the the band's label. Allthough the painting on the cover of this record doesn't reveal that much about whats inside, Burroughs' signature beneath it is a pretty good hint. The disc tries to be some sort of artistic marriage between instruments and poetry (normally one could call that music) but here the result is less satisfying and more annoying. You want the songs to break out into songs and all the spoken word antics to just shut up.

2.5 out 10