Sonic Youth

You may not think Glenn Branca's proteges are a rock and roll band, but after all, why else would they essay a lyric like "F*cking youth/Working youth"? At their worst they sound like Polyrock mainlining metronome, at their best like one of Branca's early drafts. The best never last long enough. Not for nothing is the sonic grown-up so attached to phony grandeur. (Grade: C)