The first track on this 1987 album, "Schizophrenia", has been rattling around in my head, resulting in me humming it for the past week. Sister is a record where the band took their odd-tuning, wide array of various distorted sound and created an album of more structured songs than they did with their previous records. There is no question that this record moves, with Steve Shelley holding down thick, quick beats all covered in distortion and sporadic squeals, but the songs are not just a collage of sound. The record follows the formula to make a well-crafted song. There are wonderful loud/quiet moments where the band slows the movement of the song in that slacker-type of sound that slowly builds, growing louder and louder, resulting in foot taping and maybe the occasional fist pump. This is a rock record that deserves a listen if you have not done so recently. It is almost impossible to not hear how certain bands were greatly influenced by this record.
And if you are looking for more SY fun while listening to Sister, here is Thurston Moore's blog.
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