Sonic Youth Spinhead Sessions 1986

Spinhead Sessions are the rehearsal recordings that Sonic Youth made in 1986 as they worked on the soundtrack to the movie Made in USA.

"Spinhead Sessions defines Sonic Youth in a raw and engaging state of discovery at a terrific time. Is it a missing link between the complex crafted cavernosity of Evol and the frayed-electric powerline sizzle of Sister? Yes and no. It’s an entirely unique animal, a meditative album where you can soak in the template of tapping overtones, sedate explorations of new chords, even sounding at times like AMM trying to play the VU’s Sweet Sister Ray bootleg or something similar. It’s trademark Sonic Youth at the core, and in an unfettered, dreamy state and a time, there and gone like smoke."

—Brian Turner, WFMU Music Director, Jersey City NJ

01 Ambient Guitar & Dreamy Theme
02 Theme With Noise
03 High Mesa
04 Unknown Theme
05 Wolf
06 Scalping
07 Theme 1 Take 4