Electric Trim

Electric Trim is the twelfth studio album by American musician Lee Ranaldo, the former Sonic Youth guitarist, released on September 15, 2017, on Mute Records, marking his first solo album to be released on the label. The album was produced by Ranaldo along with Spanish musician Raül Refree. The album features several musicians, including Sharon Van Etten, Steve Shelley, Alan Licht, and Nels Cline.

Electric Trim
Studio album by Lee Ranaldo
Released	September 15, 2017 (2017-09-15)
Recorded	April 2015 (2015-04)–April 2016 (2016-04) at Echo Canyon West in Hoboken, New Jersey and Estudios Calamar, Barcelona, Spain
Genre	Alternative rock, experimental rock, acoustic rock
Length	55:07
Label	Mute
Producer	Lee Ranaldo Raül Refree
Lee Ranaldo chronology
Acoustic Dust (2013) Electric Trim (2017)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork	6.5/10[3]

Reception

The album has been met with positive reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, it received an average score of 73, based on 13 reviews.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lee Ranaldo and Jonathan Lethem, except tracks 1, 3 and 4 by Ranaldo.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Moroccan Mountains"	7:28
2.	"Uncle Skeleton"	5:18
3.	"Let's Start Again"	5:28
4.	"Last Looks" (featuring Sharon Van Etten)	6:26
5.	"Circular (Right as Rain)"	4:27
6.	"Electric Trim"	6:26
7.	"Purloined"	5:11
8.	"Thrown Over the Wall"	7:26
9.	"New Thing"	6:49
Total length:		55:07

Japanese bonus track

No.	Title	Length
10.	"Sans Rat" (Electric Trim Demo)

Personnel

• Lee Ranaldo – vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, keyboards, electronics, drums, marimba, record producer, mixing

Additional members

• Raül Refree – productions, mixing, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, keyboards, electronics, drums, bass guitars, backing vocals
• Sharon Van Etten – additional vocals on "Last Looks"
• Mar Girona – backing vocals
• Alan Licht – electric guitars
• Nels Cline – electric guitars
• Xavi de la Salud – trumpets, flugelhorn
• Tim Luntzel – bajo quinto
• Kid Millions – drums, percussions
• Steve Shelley – drums, percussions
• Cody Ranaldo – electronics
• Greg Calbi – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City in January 2017