“Burroughs” is the first track from a session recorded in the wilds of
Western Massachusetts in the springtime of 2012. It was inspired by the last
words of the gentleman who wrote the most significant experimental novels of the
late 20th century (Naked Lunch, Soft Machine, The Ticket That Exploded etc.) –
writer William S. Burroughs (“Love? What is it? Most natural painkiller what
there is.”). After sitting in the orgone box planted in Burroughs’ back yard of
Lawrence, Kansas in the midpoint of the 1990s, Thurston Moore came to the
realization that at some point he’d need to form a band that played Burroughs
Rock. This is the sound of Wild Boys looking to jack hypos of core passion into
their veins. Boy on boy. Girl on girl. Start there. It’s not even music – it’s
an amphetamine sonnet for the on-the-loose lovers of the world. Chelsea Light
Moving will play your town. Right now we’re playing Friday June 22 2012 at the
Sled Island bizarro freak slam in Calgary, Alberta near where Neil Young used to
skinny dip when he was a laser-brained teen. Then we play Missoula, hometown of
zero pop hate puppy Steve Albini. Then we play Boulder and Denver Colorado
before Thurston settles down for a week of teaching at the summer writing
workshop at Naropa University. Also on the faculty are Amiri Baraka and Anne
Waldman, which means: More tunes, more damage. Another song comes yr way in a
week, even sicker. (matadorrecords.com)
Members of band:
Thurston Moore (gtr/vocals/songwriter)
Keith Wood
(gtr)
Samara Lubelski (bass)
John Moloney (drums)
