In 1985, Sonic Youth toured the U.K. for the second time, live recordings from which appeared the following year on the two-LP bootleg Walls Have Ears. On Feb. 9, the collection will be released for the first time with the band’s approval on its Goofin’ Records imprint. It features songs from one of Sonic Youth’s final shows with drummer Bob Bert at London’s Hammersmith Palais, where it opened for a pre-Bad Seeds Nick Cave.
In conjunction with the announcement, the band shared a pre-EVOL version of “Expressway to Yr. Skull,” which is the earliest known recording of the song. Sonic Youth also released a trailer for Walls Have Ears with
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