As first reported here last week, Sonic Youth will fulfill its contract with Geffen with the Dec. 12 release of “The Destroyed Room: B-sides and Rarities.” The 12-track set will also be released as a double-vinyl set early next year on the band’s own Goofin’ Records label.
“The Destroyed Room” begins with “Fire Engine Dream,” a previously unreleased outtake from 2003’s “Sonic Nurse” and also includes the first airings of “Queen Anne Chair” and “Three Part Sectional Love Seat,” from 2001’s “Noho Furniture Sessions.”
The album also rounds up tracks from such compilations as “All Tomorrow’s Parties 1.1” and “At Home With the Groovebox,” B-sides and international bonus tracks and “Blink,” the band’s contribution to the 1999 “Pola X” soundtrack.
Sonic Youth will focus on touring for the rest of the year, beginning Dec. 8 with the Nightmare Before Christmas festival in England, which guitarist/vocalist Thurston Moore is curating. Visits to South America, Japan and China are in the planning stages for 2007.
Here is the track list for “The Destroyed Room”:
“Fire Engine Dream” (“Sonic Nurse” outtake, previously unreleased)
“Fauxhemians” (from “All Tomorrow’s Parties 1.1”)
“Is It My Body?” (from “Alice Cooper Tribute”)
“Razor Blade” (“Bull in the Heather” B-side)
“Blink” (from “Pola X” soundtrack)
“Campfire” (from “At Home With the Groovebox”)
“Loop Cat” (from “You Can Never Go Fast Enough”)
“Kim’s Chords” (from “Sonic Nurse” Japan edition)
“Beautiful Plateau” (from “Sonic Nurse” Japan edition)
“Three Part Sectional Love Seat” (from “The Noho Furniture Sessions,” previously unreleased)
“Queen Anne Chair” (from “The Noho Furniture Sessions,” previously unreleased)
“The Diamond Sea” (“Washing Machine” LP version)
