Thurston Moore – Voice Studies 05, Side B: Love Poem as a lion

“Hand-numbered edition of 100 copies solo vocal cassette from Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, the fifth instalment of My Dance The Skull’s on-going Voice Studies series. Two sides of vocal freak with a ton of deforming microphone feedback and wasp noise, with a heady almost-Whitehouse edge and Thurston moving from moaning body sounds to actual warped wordage. A side “Lonely Charm” gives an apparent nod to d.a. levy’s “Tombstone As A Lonely Charm”.”
David Keenan / Volcanic Tongue

“A breakthrough in mumbling and electronic screeching.”
Tedium House

There may be some kind of breath manipulation here, but it mostly sounds like Mr Moore is letting his freak-switch toggle. Overloaded-although not particularly harsh or relentless-treated thorax-wiggling and feedbacking oink are emitted into the dark night. To which we will all, some day, retire. Byron Coley, The Wire