Sonic Youth - Bad Moon Rising

31 Nights of Halloween Tunes, Night XII. If it were a candy bar, its main flavors would be caramel and smoke from an overheating amp with subtle notes of motor oil. [noise rock, no wave; 1985] "Brave Men Run (In My Family)," "Death Valley '69," "Hallowe'en."

*Sonic Youth is one of the ultimate fall bands IMO and, to these ears, all of their early albums are deliciously Halloween-coded.

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