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Sonic?Youth:?Kim?Gordon?(vocals,?guitar,?bass?guitar);?Lee?Ranaldo,?Thurston?Moore?(vocals,?guitar);?Steve?Shelley?(drums).?Recording?information:?Sear?Sound?Studio,?New?York,?New?York?(2005?-?2006).?Sonic?Youth's?turn-of-the-century?output?has?shown?a?marked?focus?on?the?more?abstract?aspects?of?the?band's?sound,?as?evidenced?by,?if?nothing?else,?the?prolific?number?of?experimental?releases?on?the?band's?SYR?imprint,?including?the?double-album?tribute?to?avant-garde?composers,?GOODBYE?20TH?CENTURY.?And?while?to?use?the?phrase?"stylistic?departure"?is?unbefitting?of?a?band?with?such?catholic?tastes?and?influences,?the?straightforward?pop?element?that?marks?2006's?RATHER?RIPPED,?the?band's?14th?proper?studio?album,?is?so?pronounced?and,?to?a?certain?extent,?jarring,?it's?difficult?not?to?focus?in?on?it.?From?the?Thin?Lizzy-like?twin-guitar?interlude?on?"Incinerate"?to?the?gentle?lullaby?melody?of?"Do?You?Believe?in?the?Rapture"?(arguably?the?loveliest?song?Sonic?Youth?has?produced?since?"Diamond?Sea")?to?Kim?Gordon's?new-found?pop?croon?on?the?opener,?"Reena,"?and?"Turquoise?Boy,"?the?band?hasn't?made?a?record?with?this?many?fun,?enjoyable?tunes?in?years.?Of?course?accessible?is?a?relative?word?when?discussing?Sonic?Youth,?and?by?no?means?has?the?band?lost?its?edge.?Even?at?its?most?poppy,?Sonic?Youth?still?twist?and?gnarl?any?rock?troupe?they?encounter.?But?on?RATHER?RIPPED,?the?band?that?essentially?created?noise?rock?have?once?again?placed?the?rock?front?and?center.