Three decades in, Washing Machine now feels like the most clear divide between the first and second halves of Sonic Youth's career. It finds a path forward that Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star seemed to be flailing for but just missing, and it would prepare the way for the albums A Thousand Leaves and Murray Street in particular. And 30 years onward, it's an album that makes for an insightful Polaroid of the band at that fiery transitional moment. Lee Ranaldo shouts “Hello, 2015!” at the end of “Skip Tracer,” but while the band itself would . . .
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