limited indies only silver / grey 2lp in gatefold sleeve, now issued for the first time officially with the band’s consent.culled from three 1985 gigs in the uk during a transitional and transcendent time in the band’s story, sonic youth’s 'the walls have ears' appeared / disappeared as a 2lp set in 1986 - not just a live album but an artful tapestry full of live experimentation with songs, between-song tape segues, darkness, humor and audio verité. in this 2lp set brimming with primitive classics like ‘the burning spear,’ ‘death valley 69,’ and ‘i’m insane’ (uncredited on sleeve), segues and live guitar changes ooze together threaded by madonna tapes and vocal loops off the board (somewhat a necessity for distraction until the band had a full fledged stage crew to prepare guitars).this document remains an essential representation of some lean and mean years of the quartet’s throttling march out into the world.”
limited indies only silver / grey 2lp in gatefold sleeve, now issued for the first time officially with the band’s consent.culled from three 1985 gigs in the uk during a transitional and transcendent time in the band’s story, sonic youth’s 'the walls have ears' appeared / disappeared as a 2lp set in 1986 - not just a live album but an artful tapestry full of live experimentation with songs, between-song tape segues, darkness, humor and audio verité. in this 2lp set brimming with primitive classics like ‘the burning spear,’ ‘death valley 69,’ and ‘i’m insane’ (uncredited on sleeve), segues and live guitar changes ooze together threaded by madonna tapes and vocal loops off the board (somewhat a necessity for distraction until the band had a full fledged stage crew to prepare guitars).this document remains an essential representation of some lean and mean years of the quartet’s throttling march out into the world.”
limited indies only silver / grey 2lp in gatefold sleeve, now issued for the first time officially with the band’s consent.culled from three 1985 gigs in the uk during a transitional and transcendent time in the band’s story, sonic youth’s 'the walls have ears' appeared / disappeared as a 2lp set in 1986 - not just a live album but an artful tapestry full of live experimentation with songs, between-song tape segues, darkness, humor and audio verité. in this 2lp set brimming with primitive classics like ‘the burning spear,’ ‘death valley 69,’ and ‘i’m insane’ (uncredited on sleeve), segues and live guitar changes ooze together threaded by madonna tapes and vocal loops off the board (somewhat a necessity for distraction until the band had a full fledged stage crew to prepare guitars).this document remains an essential representation of some lean and mean years of the quartet’s throttling march out into the world.”
