Title: Still relevant
Product review: The Sonic not-so-Youth are still relevant. "Mature" isn't the right word, as they hit the ground running eons ago; "refined" is more accurate here. With the exception of "Kim Gordon and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream," this album is even and mid-tempo, with the usual SY signatures: alternate tunings, controlled feedback, the occasional tribal tattoo. Some of the earlier cuts, particularly the gorgeous "Unmade Bed," bear a curious resemblance to Neil Young (or is it Neil Young that sounds like Sonic Youth?) Kim Gordon's mewling on the aforementioned clunker would have been more appropriate on earlier albums. But Sonic Youth aren't about teenage riots anymore. Here they're just being themselves, and that's a good thing.
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