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It’s Thurston’s first solo outing since 1995’s Psychic Hearts. Of course, Thurston’s been releasing records here, there and everywhere -- mostly in the context of rowdy and rambunctious noise/improv escapades -- but this new one is full of killer diller SONGS! Unlike Psychic Hearts’ skeletal trio rock, this new jammer (12 years post) has a far fuller bouquet of sonic depth and proves Moore to have a very real songwriting life outside of the legendary Sonic Youth (of which he is a founding figure, duh).

This newborn disc is 12 songs long. Thurston recorded primarily on acoustic guitar and bass, laying down the core of the tunes with Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelly and violinist Samara Lubelski (a noted player from MV/EE and The Golden Road, Hall of Fame, and other awesome gatherings as well).

Thurston grabbed John Agnello to record and mix the sucker after having a helluva good time with the bro from working on Sonic Youth’s 2006 killer Rather Ripped. They decided to work in Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis’ Bisquiteen studio (the top floor in J’s Amherst house actually) where Dino did their Beyond album. This worked out very nicely as it allowed Thurston to yell down the stairs every time he needed a shredding guitar solo and J would trundle up, plug in and BURN. Other guests on Trees Outside... are Christina Carter of Charalambides, who is of the most beatific, beautific voice on land, sea, and air.

Most of the tunes are lyric driven but there are a couple of majestic instrumentals like "Trees Outside The Academy," which brings the album to a musical and breathless close. There’s also some weird cassette tape that Thurston found at his mom’s of him at 13 years old in the early 70s making some kind of sound-theater. It’s kinda nuts, and it’s the last “hidden” track.

Thurston Moore, for those of you just visiting planet Earth, has been playing music and liberating whatever ossifying standards rock n’ roll becomes threatened by since the late 70s when he walked the downtown jungle of punk/post-punk/no wave NYC and started the band Sonic Youth. Ever since he and the band have consistently stayed true to the authenticity and creativity of radical rock n roll idealism. From the experience of a life touring, writing, having a magical daughter with his amazing wife and partner Kim Gordon, Thurston has poured a heady brew into whatever speakers this new CD flows from. Take a sip, and pass it around.