Sonic Youth – EVOL [LP] DIY / Lo-Fi / Pop shock or self-consciously ‘expand the

shock or self-consciously ‘expand the musical language

from the Japanese liner notes

combining sombre dark ambient

Altman and Brooks have in each other and the group as a whole

but they are present - you can hear the room

Sonic Youth – EVOL [LP] DIY / Lo-Fi / Pop shock or self-consciously ‘expand the""EVOL" was Sonic Youth's fourth album, significant for one fairly obvious reason: the addition of Steve Shelley behind the kit. Steve joined the band in mid 1985, and this is the first album he plays on. EVOL also features the first real "guest appearance" on a Sonic Youth album Mike Watt, who contributes bass to "In The Kingdom #19" and the non LP bonus track "Bubblegum". "Shadow Of A Doubt" became their second music video. At some point circa June