Genreless elder
March 23, 2020

Lee Ranaldo And Raül Refree: To draw a line between genres is almost impossible

Lee Ranaldo / Raül Refree

"The lines that we draw on maps are not like a big hole and then there's something completely new after that. It's all one thing and it's difficult for me to understand music divided. I can't divide music" - flamenco innovator Raül Refree told the Quietus about 'Names of North End Women', his collaborative album with Sonic Youth's guitarist Lee Ranaldo. Both are fantastic guitarists, yet their first co-release displays almost zero guitars. Ranaldo explains - "I don't think we even thought about it much or realised it, until we had the group of songs going well, that this was not a rock record. It was something different. It dealt with landscape". Although it may seem so, it's not a minimalist or ambient music, it's just special and easy to listen to.