| Rather Ripped features twelve songs of forward motion and harmonic/melodic surprise with vocals shared by the frontline of THURSTON MOORE, KIM GORDON AND LEE RANALDO with STEVE SHELLEY gluing the rhythms to the floorboards. The band bursts out o’ the barn with “Incinerate”, contemplates holy war mind games on “Do You Believe in Rapture?” and keeps cruising strong through track after track of risk-laden rock, finally floating away with the curious “Or.” This is a straight-up SONIC YOUTH field on fire, with a compact potency of rock n’ roll enlightenment. Rather Ripped, indeed. Track Listing
1 Reena
2 Incinerate
3 Do You Believe In Rapture?
4 Sleepin' Around
5 What A Waste
6 Jams Runs Free
7 Rats
8 Turquoise Boy
9 Lights Out
10 The Neutral
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