September 1, 2008 16:49

Sonic Youth debut new songs in Brooklyn

Band open with untitled newies at McCarren Pool send-off

Sonic Youth played the final ever show at Brooklyn's outdoor McCarren Pool venue on Saturday (August 30), marking the occasion by unexpectedly opening with two new songs.

Guitarist Thurston Moore explained to the crowd that the band had only just begun writing material for a new album in the past few days and the new songs didn't even have titles or real lyrics yet, but both were still rapturously received.

The first was sung by Moore and featured a Stooges-like riff but still maintained the strongly melodic element heard in the band's last album, 2006's 'Rather Ripped'.

The brooding second new song was more in keeping with the classic, early-'90s incarnation of Sonic Youth. This time, it featured Kim Gordon on vocals and gradually built up to a blistering noise finale that stopped dead at the track's end.

Sonic Youth played:

'Untitled New Song One'
'New Song Two'
'Burning Spear'
'Cross The Breeze'
'Hey Joni'
'Silver Rocket'
'The Wonder'
'Hyperstation'
'Mote'
'Jams Run Free'
'Pink Steam'
'Making The Nature Scene'
'Brother James'
'Expressway To Yr Skull'