Sonic Nurse (UK Only Version)

'Sonic Nurse' is the nineteenth studio album from the New York grandfathers of noise Sonic Youth. Featuring the production talents of Jim O'Rourke for a second time, the album harks back to the sounds of 1988's 'Daydream Nation' and has been described by the band as a cross between Fleetwood Mac and Black Flag.

Rolling Stone (p.175)
- 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "The skewed, groovy guitar riffing on NURSE cops the prettiness and chops of classic Seventies rock, with multi-instrumentalist/producer Jim O'Rourke shaping the sprawl into smooth patterns of light and shade."

Spin (p.108)
- "There's plenty to admire in a mid-tempo rocker like 'Stones' or an endless groove like 'New Hampshire'..." - Grade: B-

Entertainment Weekly (p.123)
- "[A]ll the customary elements are in place; the luxuriously entangled guitars, the beat-derived poetry, the feedback attacks, Kim Gordon's spooky whisper....[With] plenty of rewards." - Grade: A-

Q (p.124)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "SONIC NURSE embraces tunes warmly..."

Mojo (p.99)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "SONIC NURSE moves like a series of night dreams. Songs appear as visions, vivid while playing, hazy and hard to hold once gone."

Uncut (p.108)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "A regular flicker between white noise and mellow, Jefferson Airplane circa VOLUNTEERS melody....The Youth sound rejuvenated..."

Magnet (p.106)
- "The album is jam-friendly....[A]s strong as any SY record from the early '90s."