To celebrate the release of his new album, By the
fire, Moore joins us for a virtual webchat at 12.30pm BST on Wednesday 23 September 3.41pm BST
We live, as you may have heard, in unprecedented times. And yet some reassuring constants remain. The seasons will still turn. Disco will be re-revived. And Thurston Moore will continue to release records, as he has done since the turn of the 1980s. His latest, By the Fire, arrives this Friday.
Recorded in
London right up to the wire of lockdown, it takes inspiration from jazz great Albert Ayler’s mantra that “music is the healing force of the universe”. Says Moore: “This recording offers songs as flames of rainbow energy, where the power of love becomes our call. These are love songs in a time where creativity is our dignity, our demonstration against the forces of oppression.” Some are just Moore alone with his guitar; others feature a band with My Bloody Valentine’s Deb Googe and Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley among their number.