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Title: I truly hate this record
Review: Confusion Is Sex/Kill Yr. Idols is by far Sonic Youth's most awful record, followed by the nearly-as-awful Badmoon Rising. This record is one big heap of moody, sometimes almost scary guitar-clanging and yelling, lacking any kind of structure. Ánd if there finally is a song that comes close to being interesting, it is ruined by the ridiculous sound-"quality": it really sounds as if the band is rehearsing in a mouldy basement and someone has left his dictaphone there. The lyrics are the only good thing here, with it's wide variety of -often heavy- subjects, but the music ruins it all. I bought this when I was 16 and desperately in search of something different and experimental. God knows I was glad the day I sold this unlistenable junk and turned myself to their later records; because Sonic Youth is really not a bad band; they just used to be.
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