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“I think that certainly, whenever you have a new band,…” quote by Kim Gordon — Download Open image

“I think that certainly, whenever you have a new band, the first record always has a certain energy to it before you know what you're doing. I think some of the early Sonic Youth stuff was maybe like that.”

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