We live, as you may have heard, in unprecedented times. And yet some reassuring constants remain. The seasons will still turn. Disco will be re-revived. And Thurston Moore will continue to release records, as he has done since the turn of the 1980s. His latest, By the Fire, arrives this Friday. Recorded in London right up to the wire of lockdown, it takes inspiration from jazz great Albert Ayler’s mantra that “music is the healing force of the universe”. Says Moore: “This recording offers songs as flames of rainbow energy, where the power of love becomes our call. These are love songs in a time where creativity is our dignity, our demonstration against the forces of oppression.” Some are just Moore alone with his guitar; others feature a band with My Bloody Valentine’s Deb Googe and Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley among their number. You can ask Moore about By the Fire – or his work with Sonic Youth, his labels Ecstatic Peace Library and the Daydream Library Series, his record shop, his adventures in the New York punk scene, his oft-tweeted views on American politics, and anything else you fancy – when he joins us for a virtual Guardian webchat at 12.30pm BST on Wednesday 23 September. Post your questions in the comments section below. And, in the meantime, cue up his new song Cantaloupe and soak up the rainbow energy.