Sonics - This Is the Sonics

Sonics - This Is the SonicsThe Sonics finally ended their four decade hiatus in November 2007, with a pair of rapturously received shows in New York. Although the band had intended those shows to be a one time only event, word of the performances quickly circulated amongst Sonics fans, resulting in performance offers from around the world, and turning the temporary reunion into a permanent one. Since then, The Sonics have performed for rabid crowds across the United States as

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thunderstruck opener ("There's No Starting Over") and the Fripp & Eno-esque outro of "Crucifixion Time" and the somber instrumental sequence that is "Last One Out

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Interspersed between the tracks are instrumental intertitles that amplify the album's 1970s sci-fi dystopian feel

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specializing in jazz

fueled by raw guitars

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