Trees Outside the Academy

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Trees Outside the Academy
Trees Outside the Academy cover
Studio album by Thurston Moore
Released September 18, 2007 (2007-09-18)
Recorded 2007 Amherst, Massachusetts
Genre Alternative rock
Length 46:07
Label Ecstatic Peace
Producer John Agnello and Thurston Moore
Professional reviews
Thurston Moore chronology
Psychic Hearts
(1995)		 Trees Outside the Academy
(2007)

Trees Outside the Academy is an alternative rock album by American musician Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth. It was released on 18 September, 2007 and was Moore's first solo album since 1995's Psychic Hearts. It was released on Moore's own label, Ecstatic Peace. It was recorded with Sonic Youth's drummer Steve Shelley and violinist Samara Lubelski.

The recording took place at Dinosaur Jr guitarist J. Mascis' home studio. Mascis also contributed lead guitar for some tracks.

It features the track "Thurston @ 13" which is "some weird cassette tape that Thurston found at his mom's of him at 13 years old in the early '70s making some kind of sound-theatre".

The album debuted at #6 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, barely missing the Billboard 200.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Frozen Gtr." - 4:07
  2. "The Shape Is in a Trance" - 4:41
  3. "Honest James" - 3:52
  4. "Silver > Blue" - 5:52
  5. "Fri / End" - 3:33
  6. "American Coffin" - 3:58
  7. "Wonderful Witches" - 2:26
  8. "Off Work" - 4:14
  9. "Never Day" - 4:03
  10. "Free Noise Among Friends" - 0:36
  11. "Trees Outside the Academy" - 6:07
  12. "Thurston @ 13" - 2:38

[edit] Personnel

Thurston Moore: acoustic & electric guitars, bass, vocals, piano on track 6

Steve Shelley - drums on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 & 11

Samara Lubelski - violin on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9 & 11

J Mascis - lead guitar on tracks 1, 2, 7 & 11

Gown - electric guitar on track 1 & 9

John Moloney - drums on track 7

Christina Carter - vocals on track 3

Leslie Keffer - noise on track 8

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