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ARTIST
SONIC YOUTH
TITLE
Hold That Tiger
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
SUPERIOR VIADUCT
CATALOG #
SV 212CD
SV 212CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
2/7/2025
"In October 1987, four months after the release of their critically acclaimed
Sister
LP,
Sonic Youth
showcased their latest work in a blistering set at Cabaret Metro, Chicago. The concert was introduced by
Big Black
's
Steve Albini
(who at the time was banned from the venue) and subsequently released as a semi-official bootleg under the title
Hold That Tiger
on writer/provocateur
Byron Coley
's impishly Geffen-baiting label Goofin' (years later the band would use this nom de guerre for their own imprint).
Hold That Tiger
's sterling reputation among the Sonic Youth faithful is well deserved. In fact, it isn't a stretch to suggest that the album is to the first handful of SY releases what
It's Alive
is to the first three
Ramones
LPs -- a feral and liberatory public snapshot of a band's blossoming imperial phase. Indeed,
HTT
is the sound of a group at the peak of their powers, presenting new songs alongside a handful of older ones with the kind of wild, cathartic enthusiasm common to rock 'n' roll's most revered live albums. Taking nothing away from
Sister
-- inarguably one of indie rock's first true masterpieces -- it is reasonable that many fans prefer the live versions heard on
Hold That Tiger
to their studio counterparts. On
HTT
, Sonic Youth is a spiky, pummeling and confident force, alternately mammoth and meditative.
Sister
and its predecessor
EVOL
notably added an airy, dreamlike reverie to the band's turbulent doom-lurch, a stylistic evolution that seems to crystallize on
HTT
. Throughout,
Kim Gordon
's sinewy, sumptuous bass and
Steve Shelley
's propulsive, tom-heavy percussion provide the bedrock groove for
Thurston Moore
and
Lee Ranaldo
's ferocious barrages of noise-guitar crunch. By 1987, the band was confidently articulating their dual lexicon of punk-noir dissonance and supernal, psychedelic sonic calligraphy -- bending their jagged, streetwise gnarl into balloon animals of dazzling and beautiful songs. This collision of splendor and chaos would become a hallmark of the group's singular alchemy as well as provide a blueprint for the post-SST American underground they would help invent and ultimately nurture.
Hold That Tiger
's encore -- four songs by the band's beloved Ramones, which Thurston would later astutely compare to 'the perfect pudding after a hearty meal' -- serves as a reminder that, like any true punks, Sonic Youth never could resist a good, rousing anthem to send the kids home with their ears ringing, their hearts hot-wired. This first-time reissue comes with gatefold jacket. Mastered by
Bob Weston
from the original tapes. Recorded by
Aadam Jacobs
. Audio repair/editing by
Aaron Mullan
."
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