6 December 2023

American fan magazine – 1986

WALLS HAVE EARS is a live SONIC YOUTH
album that came out as a bootleg in 1986.

An official release under the band’s auspices will
be released on 9 February 2024. More info HERE

Press info: “Culled from three 1985 gigs in the UK during a transitional and transcendent time in the band’s story, Sonic Youth’s ‘Walls Have Ears’ appeared as a 2LP set in 1986, not just a live album but an artful tapestry full of live experimentation with songs, between-song tape segues, darkness, humor and audio verité on par with elements of side B of ‘Master Dik’ to come later. With a bit of complexity to the situation of the release itself. Deleted as quickly as it appeared, it’s now issued for the first time officially under the band’s auspices.”

Album cover (then and now)

The bootleg is still streamable on the Internet.
Via YouTube below. Pretty good quality.

SONIC YOUTH: Bio – Discography – Instagram