Thurston Moore Psychic Hearts

3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...as a cohesive statement of purpose, as confirmation that [Thurston] Moore remains committed to experimental music and fascinated by the precarious relationship between high and low art, PSYCHIC HEARTS offers hope for an endangered species: genuine alternative rock..."
6 - Reasonably Good - "...finds Sonic Youth's fanzine boy starting to settle into a comfortable, cultured paunchiness....Moore's phrasing has become so casually acute, that it's actually seductive to hear him vamp beatnik poetry..."
3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's storming in places, particularly the white-hot 'Hang Out'..."
"...a low-key, minimalist pop record devoted to trash culture..."
"[The closing track] equals the lingering, plangent impression of Sonic Youth's finest moments."
"...freed from SY's democratic constraints, Moore has made an album that's leaner, tighter and more consistent that any since DAYDREAM NATION...Moore is Sonic Youth's rock'n'roll soul, the one most adept at finding the balance between punk attitude and teen populism..."