Thurston Moore

Overview

Remember that scene in Juno where an angsty Ellen Page disses one of the best guitarists of all time by saying that Sonic Youth suck and that they’re “just noise”? Well maybe Thurston Moore’s new stuff is more up her alley – the stuff some people are calling folk but which actually isn’t; which is comprised of nine beautiful songs and nary a distorted guitar in earshot.

Let’s just get it out there — Thurston Moore is no longer a college dropout rollicking through the dirty streets of 1970s NYC. His new album Demolished Thoughts reflects this without totally abandoning the Sonic aesthetic. The guitars are now acoustic, there are harps and violins, but the sound and lyrics are as intimate as ever. It’s also produced by Beck, which is reason enough to start fanning out even before you’ve listened.

His show at The Hi-Fi will have Moore playing tracks of this latest album plus a few from his solo back catalogue.