Thurston Moore on “killer” new music and the “high order nihilism” of Boris Johnson and Donald Trump
Thurston Moore has just released his rapturously-received new solo album, ‘By The Fire’, which NME’s review hailed as containing some of his “boldest and most invigorating work to date”. Despite being released under his own name, it’s a collaborative effort that continues his creatively fecund partnership with his band that includes his old group Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley and My Bloody Valentine’s Debbie Googe.We caught up with Thurston for a quick chat about his new record, trying to inject positivity and escapism into turbulent world, and how he used quarantine as an opportunity to write a quasi-memoir called ‘Sonic Life’.“Last year, I put out a ‘Spirit Counsel’ triple CD set featuring one extended instrumental composition per disc.