Thurston Moore unveils new solo album, By The Fire

Featuring Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley and My Bloody Valentine’s Debbie Googe.

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore is releasing a new album, titled By The Fire, via his own Daydream Library Series label this September.

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By The Fire was recorded with My Bloody Valentine’s Debbie Googee on bass/backing vocals, Jon Leidecker on electronics, James Sedwards on guitar, and Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley and Jem Doulton on drums.

Coinciding with the announcement, Moore has shared new track and video ‘HASHISH’, described as an “ode to the narcotic of love in our shared responsibility to each other during this time.”

The single will also be released on cannabis-shaped 7″ later this year.

Alongside recording the album, Moore recently opened a new pop-up record shop, called Ecstatic Peace Library, in London’s Stoke Newington area.

Check out the tracklist below in advance of By The Fire’s 25th September release

Tracklist:

1. HASHISH
2. CANTALOUPE
3. BREATH
4. SIREN
5. CALLIGRAPHY
6. LOCOMOTIVES
7. DREAMERS WORK
8. THEY BELIEVE IN LOVE [WHEN THEY LOOK AT YOU]
9. VENUS (instrumental)

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