“It’s amusing to think that the fiercely freaky Sonic Youth were a major-label act for nearly 20 years. The Eternal marks their literal return to indie rock —and that’s no big whoop, since they’ve always done pretty much what they want anyway. The irony is that The Eternal might be their most concise record ever. […]”
“A consolidation of the band's considerable strengths, much of the new SY album seems fixated on death, loss, and what little can be known about either.”
