The whole backstory here is, to say the least, complex, extends over about a decade, and is important subtext for the last few SY records. Starting around 2003

The whole backstory here is, to say the least, complex, extends over about a decade, and is important subtext for the last few SY records. Starting around 2003, Jim O'Rourke (go listen to Bad Timing and Insignificance, which are both amazing records and very different to each other) was in a relationship with Eva Prinz while she was in a (maybe?) open marriage to her first husband. In some order, then: * Jim and Eva break up * (2005) Jim a) leaves Sonic Youth b) moves across the country c) moves to Japan * (2006) Eva and Thurston Moore start a publishing company, Ecstatic Peace Library * somewhere in here, Eva Prinz gets divorced * (2009) Eva Prinz marries Bernardo Guillermo, a furniture designer and the son of Princess Christina of the Netherlands; they have two kids, one before and one after the wedding * (2010) Kim Gordon finds out about Thurston's affair with Eva * (2011) Kim and Thurston separate; Sonic Youth split up * (2013) Kim and Thurston divorce * (by 2017) Thurston and Eva relocate to London * (2020) Thurston and Eva marry From the outside, assigning responsibility for anything here is kind of impossible and immoral, but the whole thing is remarkably cliched rock-and-roll nonsense for a band like Sonic Youth were...