Alright, look. I’m no SONIC YOUTH scholar or nothin’, but have I got some information for you! Get woke!
So, TURKISH DELIGHT, right? Never heard of ‘em, right? Fairly obscure, right? As in, this here re-issue is over 20 years since its first and only release & you & I didn’t know diddley-squat about it, until just now, right? Do the MATH, man! These Bostonians (AKA NYC’s NEIGHBORS) “made” music that sounds JUST like some “hypothetical” Sonic Youth retrospective “best of” comp, but, like, without all the self-indulgent, onanistic vignettes (you heard me, man), but, rather, this “theoretical compilation” focuses on truly highlighting the more accessible, driving, singalongablenesses of SY’s most loftiest of noisiest points… all of these culled from 1983 until 2009.
DO YOU CATCH MY DRIFT? DO I NEED TO SPELL IT OUT? WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT TURKISH DELIGHT WERE TIME TRAVELLERS!
They totally traveled to the future, dubbed a mixtape of what Murray Street and Sonic Nurse and Rather Ripped and the Eternal would sound like, and then they traveled back to 1995 and used it to better inform themselves on writing some of the catchiest, punkest noise-worshippingest indie rock they could possibly get away with, without getting themselves accused of witchcraft and being extradited to Salem for trial.
Okay, look. Maybe this Kool-Aid is a bit strong. I’ll grant you that. but, think about it. How else could a band be so far ahead of its time and do Sonic Youth even better than Sonic Youth did Sonic Youth?*
https://iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/album/turkish-delight-tommy-bell
and/or
https://turkishdelight.bandcamp.com/
--Jacob An Kittenplan
*Did I mention Sonic Youth at all? This comparison will be inescapable, because they’re an easy reference point, AND a damn good one. This tape fucking rocks! Too bad it (and the LP) is sold out already and you gotta wait another two decades before you can get it again. Keep your eyes peel’d! I do believe there are a few mp3s left lying around, though, so, there’s that. ☺
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