The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities
by Sonic Youth
Deliberately focusing on the band's extensive Geffen Records era, this collection eschews traditional, melodic B-sides in favor of lengthy, sprawling instrumental improvisations and avant-garde noise experiments. The sprawling, 25-minute track 'The Diamond Sea' serves as the centerpiece of the compilation, showcasing their mastery of sustained, hypnotic dissonance. The release highlights the uncompromisingly experimental undercurrent of their major-label tenure.
Genres
- Experimental Rock
- Noise Rock
Tracklist
- Fire Engine Dream
- Fauxhemians
- Razor Blade
- Blink
- Campfire
- Loop Cat
- Kim's Chords
- Beautiful Plateau
- Three-Part Sectional Love Seat
- Queen Anne Chair
- The Diamond Sea