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It should ensure tha A Thousand Leaves both enhances their cult status
and solidifies their uncommercial stance.
"People who've been following us and like Sonic Youth will like this
record, because it's made with that intent," explains Moore.
"We're not trying to wi over anyone with this album. Chances are it
never would anyway. If it did, that would be flukish. So we'll just
put it out and see how fast it sinks," he chuckles, "and then we'll
put another one out next year."
Moore's apparent indifference to their future harbours an air of
resignation that, irrespective of trends or scenes, year in and
year out, Sonic Youth will continueto release extraordinary records
in their own time on their own terms, unconcerned with fashion, or
being fashionable, despite their major label tag, or status as the
grandaddy's of rock.
"You're never too old to rock and roll," replies Moore passionatly.
"I used to think at one time, 'God , in the year 2000 I'm going
to be 42. Us still playing then? That's not going to happen.'
But it's comming up fast and still we rock.
"The thing is," he continues, "when we play, people still come to
see us, regardless of what's going on in music or the mainstream.
"That's the gratifying aspect. That's what keeps us going. At the
end of the day that's all that really matters. Nothing else."
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