This album kind of surprised me because it isn't as crushing and crashing as I thought it would be. Everyone already knows this but there's no question that Branca was the architect of Sonic Youth's guitar sound and Thurston and Lee are, in my opinion, the best and most important guitar duo in the history of rock'n'roll. Therefore, an 'excellent' rating is a given as far as I'm concerned.
That would be a good album to vote on. I thought this was going to be more like that, especially comsidering the chronology of the releases, but
The Ascension surprised me because a lot of it seems to have a more upbeat feel similar in a way to
Daydream Nation. Obviously
The Ascension isn't rock driven like DN but
Confusion is Sex is a lot darker.