![]() ![]() These were Sonic Youth's last shows of 1993 - and in fact, their last show until December 1994, and their last tour until April 1995. The July tour sustained the same basic set list, and the second to last show of the tour was released somewhat officially on a bootleg entitled "Blastic Scene". Their next shows - 2 NYC gigs serving as rehearsal for their July 1993 European tour - saw more songs unveiled, and featured one of Sonic Youth's finest set lists in history, a perfect sampling of songs from their back catalog not played in years ("PCH" "Stereo Sanctity" "Secret Girl" "Flower" "Cotton Crown" "Candle" & "Total Trash" all made welcome reappearances), a few choice tracks from "Dirty", and several new songs in addition to those that had been debuted: "Self-Obsessed & Sexxee" & "Tokyo Eye". The full band premiered Jet Set material at the "Ecstatic Peace! Caravan of Stars" show on June 5th, 1993, playing preliminary, basic versions of "In the Mind of the Bourgeois Reader" "Skink" "Bull in the Heather" and "Starfield Road". After the final "Dirty" tour in March 1993, Sonic Youth began working on new material (some of which was debuted by Thurston alone during his opening sets on the Free Kitten/Mosquito Japanese tour in January '93). If touring with high-volume, high-energy acts like Nirvana and Mudhoney influenced the tone of "Dirty", touring with bands whose songwriting dynamics required less volume and involved more subtleties (such as Royal Trux, Sebadoh, Pavement) surely inspired the overall presence of "Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star". ![]() "Jet Set" is also the last record to heavily feature Kim on bass - she primarily plays guitar on all of the subsequent albums. It's also the first album since "Sister" to include a lyric sheet (vinyl only), and the first album since "Bad Moon Rising" which doesn't feature any songs with Lee on lead vocal. "Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star" is Sonic Youth's tenth album, and the first record for which they did not tour. SONICYOUTH.COM DISCOGRAPHY - ALBUM: EXPERIMENTAL JET SET, TRASH AND NO STAR EXPERIMENTAL JET SET, TRASH AND NO STAR ![]()
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