'Cross The Breeze (track) by Sonic Youth
Year: 1988
From the album Daydream Nation (track #4)
'Cross The Breeze appears on the following album(s) by Sonic Youth:
- Daydream Nation (track #4) (this album) (1988)
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Onater 01/18/2018 05:53
Though not my favourite track on the album, I think it's the one that best exemplifies what I love about it. Opening with 30 seconds of beautiful, atmospheric guitar before going into some heavy, dissonant punk riffing, it builds up this very suspenseful, tense atmosphere for the next two minutes or so. Then, unexpectedly, it releases that tension by going into these gorgeous melodic M#11 chords, before quickly reverting to the previous heaviness. And that's all just the intro, before the vocals even begin! This kind of contrast between tension and beauty is really what I think makes Daydream Nation one of the best albums of the 80s.
One of the most intense vocal performances by Kim, and definitely one of their best compositions. Again it sounds like they incorporated neo-psychedelia, but this time they fused it with something much heavier (Kim said the riff was inspired by Slayer).
JulianR 10/27/2017 01:27
Love the guitars on this track, but Kim's vocals seem just a little off somehow
By far Kim Gordons most emotional vocal performance. You would think that Kim showing anything other than apathic cockiness would be out weird but it proved to be really gripping and moving.
DeusExMackia 09/28/2015 16:48
How do you begin to describe 'Cross The Breeze other than "Holy sh*t, what was that?"
In my opinion, this is by far the best and most fully realized song on Daydream Nation. If only all of them could have been sculpted the way this one was.
Highlight track to Daydream Nation
Jasonconfused 01/22/2013 04:50
It's actually a lot more simple than the sound of it first presents, but it's heavy and surprisingly dark. Loved it.
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