Buy Now
| Buy on |
|
- Critic score
- Publication
- By date
-
May 24, 2011The album seems beamed in from the early '70s, and probably should've happened in the '90s, but as modern psychedelia increasingly becomes the domain of electronic music, Demolished Thoughts feels right on time--an organic reminder of what can happen when a couple of analog geniuses sit down in a room together and hit "record."
-
Jun 10, 2011Just as Moore's tunings sharpen noise-rock intellectually, they tone up pretty-folk physically‑-as do Samara Lubelski's violin and producer Beck Hansen's synths.
-
May 24, 2011With Demolished Thoughts, Thurston Moore solo albums have become more than fields of noise throwaways spiked with the occasional gem, more than Sonic Youth stopgaps.
-
Dec 6, 2011[Thurston Moore's and Beck's] collaboration lives up to its promise, delivering an album of psychedelic chamber folk that is the perfect meeting of both artists' mellow sides.
-
The WireAug 12, 2011Far from being derivative, Demolished Thoughts remains uniquely Moore's own. [Jun 2011, p.51]
-
Q MagazineJun 20, 2011It's magical stuff. [July 2011, p. 116]
-
Jun 3, 2011Demolished Thoughts stands strong as an intriguing entry in an already eclectic catalog, even without peeking behind the curtain.
-
May 26, 2011In its own subtle way, Demolished Thoughts is a triumphant statement, one of power through peace, of love through fear.
-
May 24, 2011The result makes sense, too, but is a bit more refreshingly unexpected.
-
May 24, 2011Moore does acoustic music as pastoral, cloudy-weather folk, at turns both bold and irresolute--in fact, it's quite beautiful. Regardless of volume level, however, Demolished Thoughts is no doubt a great guitar album.
-
May 23, 2011This album will bewitch with the impact of a classic and sets a benchmark to progressive singer-songwriting that doesn't compromise. Moore has created a thing of wonder.
-
May 23, 2011Maybe it's less dangerous, stoopid and contagious in moments. But for this newest gift, I do feel blessed nonetheless. In the end, I guess this largesse just makes me smile.
-
May 18, 2011Thirty years in arguably the most significant act to come out of the American alternative underground of the Eighties has clearly not dimmed Moore's desire to explore new territory, and this record is as much testament to that as any of his many others.
-
May 18, 2011In a career of benchmark highs, he's made yet another; and by doing the unexpected, it shows that whatever the sound of his records, the punk inside Moore still lives.
-
MojoMay 18, 2011There's much that's familiar about Demolished Thoughts, but Beck's arrangements draw fresh new pleasures from those elements. [Jun 2011, p.96]
-
UncutMay 18, 2011Demolished thoughts is his strongest solo collection to date. [Jun 2011, p.91]
-
Entertainment WeeklyMay 24, 2011An immediate-sounding collection of acoustic-and-strings epics that strike a fine balance between appealing and disorienting. [27 May 2011, p.79]
-
May 24, 2011Though Moore's lyrics are a bit more obtuse, this could just as easily soundtrack a breakup as Sea Change could.
-
Jun 10, 2011Demolished Thoughts, for what it is - a collection of evocative but slow-moving songs - makes its mark through the repeated exploration of a theme.
-
Under The RadarJun 6, 2011This is some lush, immersive, hand-crafted folk music. [May 2011, p.80]
-
Jun 6, 2011The music channels Mr. Moore's fascination with overtones toward a meditative glow; while some of the chords resemble Sonic Youth songs, the dissonances don't bristle as much here, and the consonances drone and soothe.
-
May 25, 2011This is a brilliant collaboration between two of the most inventive musicians of recent times.
-
May 24, 2011Demolished Thoughts is a consistent and strong record all the way through. In the same way Mascis turned his talents effectively to quieter tones, Moore gives us a new perspective on the talents we've seen from him for decades.
-
May 24, 2011Produced by Beck, this is string-laden, serenely pretty chamber folk that can be politely ruminative or drone like Sonic Youth doing an unplugged set.
-
May 23, 2011If your relationship with Sonic Youth chiefly consists of boozily chucking yourself around to their sprinkling of indie-disco floorfillers, you may be surprised to know that Thurston Moore can 'do tender', let alone do it very well.
-
May 23, 2011While Trees might've been taken as a softening of Moore's abrasive tone, Demolished Thoughts could be viewed as somewhat of a progression, a MORE acoustic venture laden with violin strings and all the passion Moore's voice can conjure.
-
May 23, 2011There's no reaching out to new audiences here nor attempts to break ground, just an accessible expression by an artist with the freedom to do just that.
-
May 20, 2011His fragility, his strong, intriguing lyrics, his textural mastery are all on display, but something more biting seems missing.
-
May 18, 2011Demolished Thoughts is a noisenik's idea of California dreaming; it's also the acoustic record Sonic Youth fans always knew this vintage psychedelia superfan had in him.
-
Jun 14, 2011The result is dreamy to a fault, with song fragments submerged in extended instrumental intros and outros.
-
May 27, 2011After a decade of pensive chamber-pop lullabies from a number of artists, it feels like there's no new ground to break in this particular subgenre.
-
May 24, 2011Whereas that album [Several Shades of Why] revealed the Dinosaur Jr frontman's surprising musical and lyrical range, Demolished Thoughts only reveals Moore's particular limitations.
-
May 19, 2011Gently wrought from strands of acoustic guitar, mandolin, violin and harp, encountering the genteel Demolished Thoughts after Thurston Moore's more abrasive work with Sonic Youth is akin to hearing Paris 1919 after John Cale's rampaging Velvet Underground period.
-
May 26, 2011Demolished Thoughts is stripped down, acoustic, almost drumless, but full of strings, evocative, but emotionally distant.
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 9 out of 12
-
Mixed: 2 out of 12
-
Negative: 1 out of 12
-
Jul 20, 2013