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The String Quartet Tribute to Sonic Youth

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Download links and information about The String Quartet Tribute to Sonic Youth by The Vitamin String Quartet. This album was released in 2005 and it belongs to Rock, Indie Rock, Progressive Rock, Pop, Alternative, Classical genres. It contains 10 tracks with total duration of 40:33 minutes.

Artist: The Vitamin String Quartet
Release date: 2005
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Progressive Rock, Pop, Alternative, Classical
Tracks: 10
Duration: 40:33
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Tracks

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No. Title Length
1. Silver Rocket 4:10
2. Theresa's Sound-World 4:56
3. Kool Thing 4:14
4. Candle 4:43
5. Wish Fulfillment 3:14
6. Unmade Bed 3:49
7. Superstar 4:07
8. Hoarfrost 4:33
9. Shadow of a Doubt 3:28
10. Little Trouble Girl 3:19

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Vitamin's String Quartet Tribute to Sonic Youth begins with an austere reading of the Daydream Nation classic "Silver Rocket," performed instrumentally for violin, viola, and cello. The piece captures both the jerking tension of the original, as well as a fractured, modernist chamber music sensibility that's exclusive to the strings. Equally winding versions of "Theresa's Sound World" and "Little Trouble Girl" appear later; this theme probably has something to do with Sonic Youth's music itself — at times resembling a sort of modern chamber music. "Kool Thing" replicates its source's rhythm and melody more closely, and "Superstar" settles satisfactorily between the Carpenters original and Sonic Youth's spooky cover. Overall it's one of the more intriguing string tributes, offering plenty of twists and turns, especially for veteran Sonic Youth listeners.