Indie/alt rock trailblazers Sonic Youth will release a new mini-album of rarities called In/Out/In on March 11th.
The mini-album assembles five previously-unreleased tracks recorded between 2000 and 2010.
The songs on the new EP were recorded in a number of locations across the country in the early 2000s.
“Basement Contender” and “Machine” were recorded in the Sonic Youth rehearsal room in Northampton, Massachusetts (homebase since forever). During the scrappy, long sessions also emerges “The Eternal.”
The track “In & Out” was recorded in Pomona, California while “Out & In” was recorded in Echo Canyon, New Jersey with Jim O’Rourke , who also performed on “Social Static”.
A passage by the band on their Bandcamp page addresses the amount of ‘rarities’ they still have to go through: “…it’s a massive mountain to chip away at in the sense of the group output alone; individual members’ projects are a whole other game, needless to say. ‘In/Out/In’ ably delivers a new slab of mostly-unheard Sonic righteousness, with a scope on the post 2000-era band in especially zoned/exploratory regions.”
“‘In/Out/In’ ably delivers a new slab of mostly-unheard Sonic righteousness… ” – Sonic Youth
The release of five additional previously unreleased ‘rarities’ from the band follows their 2020 Bandcamp album Raritites 1 featuring a dozen previously-unreleased rarities.
In/Out/In Tracklist:
1 Basement Contender
2 In & Out
3 Machine
4 Social Static
5 Out & In
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30 years ago…
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