The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities

by Sonic Youth

The Destroyed Room: B-Sides and Rarities cover art

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

  1. Fire Engine Dream
  2. Fauxhemians
  3. Razor Blade
  4. Blink
  5. Campfire
  6. Loop Cat
  7. Kim's Chords
  8. Beautiful Plateau
  9. Three-Part Sectional Love Seat
  10. Queen Anne Chair
  11. The Diamond Sea