Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest

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go for it

wait i thought amon liked this

backlash

Listened to it again. It's immediately captivating AND a grower. HAHAHAHAHAHA.

Let me just go ahead and say that if pitchfork hates this, then I like it, and if they like it I hate it, and either way it's lame that anyone cares what pitchfork thinks

p4k loves it. i hear it's going to get a 10.0.

I'm not even past the first song and I'm already like

(O)(O) (those are my eyes, not boobz)

what do your boobs look like

banana pancakes

Z S, are those the eyes of a positive or negative reaction?

for the first song, extreme positive reaction. I just finished the album, and overall I enjoyed it more on first listen than Microcastle (which I ended up loving after a several plays - it usually takes me a few). I had already heard Helicoptor and Revival, which would have been two standouts, so the reaction was a little more muted than it would have been otherwise.

But man, that first song ("Earthquake") is outstanding!! I can't even really wager a guess on whether or not it would appeal to fans of deerhunter/atlas sound's older stuff, but it tickles my fancy in all the right spots, kinda reminds me of MBV in a way that isn't overly derivative, just awesome.

Yeah, Earthquake is not only a great tune, but an excellent opening to the record.

"desire lines" is a perfect encapsulation of what deerhunter does well. the break at the 3 minute mark and those lyrical guitar lines that elevate ever so smoothly...

is that Lockett singing on "Desire Lines"?

Really loved his solo album (as Lotus Plaza), and his turns at the mic for Deerhunter (Agoraphobia, Dot Gain is his song, etc)

yeah i fuckin love "agoraphobia" and tbh i didn't know it was lockett singing it until someone pointed it out to me

yeah agora and dotgain are faves of mine. i think i may just dig dudes voice/sensibility

yeah i was really surprised when i read that lockett was behind 'agoraphobia'

if he records another lotus plaza and tightens things up a little bit (I love it but it makes you drunk to listen to it, everything is so fucking fuzzy) I predict a minor classic. dude's got skillz

("it" = his first album as lotus plaza)

(u find this jordy?)

yeah, thx

"Basement Scene" is my fave right now!

Btw both "Desire Lines" and "Fountain Stairs" were first previewed last year in a live Lotus Plaza lineup:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CfM-1bFUiQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpo9OA20kdI

Bradford would like to provide some context on Halcyon Digest and will be hosting a live video chat tonight from 10-11pm Eastern time.

http://www.yowie.com/show/140

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this album is great! will buy this in two weeks time.

many people listen to the live feed? bits of it were quite good but i kept logging off then going back an hour later to see it was still going. 4 and a half hours in the end.

he mentioned Ben Allen's son doing the recording of one of the songs onto tape. I'm pretty sure he said it was 'Memory Boy' which is pretty damn good for a 16 year olds first professional recording.

Revival is a wonderful two and a bit minutes of psyche-pop perfection and after a couple of listens my impression is that Halcyon Digest is another fantastic Deerhunter album that will be on the walkman for a long time. Microcastle was a bit of a flawed gem but that is what I like about the Deerhunter/Atlas Sound albums, they are always seem a bit uneven but contain moments of startling brilliance that probably wouldn't happen if they didn't continually push on with every release as they have done so far.

streaming http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129866612

not huge on this album, it has some really nice sounds/production but the songwriting is really repetitive. kinda dig it in the background but it's not one of my faves of the year.

one thing about the flood of legally available new music these days is that it kills the attention span. september 14 was a huge day for new releases, some of which were pretty interesting, but with deerhunter's new disc (and no age's, salem's, and so on) on the immediate horizon, i can't find time for the "old" new releases.

anyway, thanks for the stream link.

i can't find time for the "old" new releases

so sad, but so true

"Oh, that came out a month ago? Well, if it isn't really, really great, then I need to pay attention to these few new records I'm interested in that are coming out tomorrow."

Deerhunter is a band I wish I liked more... everything about their sound lines up with everything I like - maybe too neatly, and maybe that's the problem. Like it's so in my wheelhouse that it's boring and predictable. I don't know. But this album feels just okay - not as good as the last one, which I liked but was never over the moon for.

part of the key for me with this band is how brutally direct they are with their lyrics, e.g., Agoraphobia and Fluorescent Grey.

appropos of nothing, i guess.

i feel like this album is very uneven which has been the case w lot of their work i guess.

I think it works very well with the scruffier/more raw sounding songs like Memory Boy being shorter and scattered between the very clean and very good songs. Too many killer tracks on an album can sometimes be a bad thing.

I'm enjoying this album more than i did Microcastle to begin with and much more than Cryptograms.

i feel like this album is very uneven

^^ theres a really awesome ep here padded w/ some trax that sound unfinished somehow. and srsly coronado i never want to hear that again

which has been the case w lot of their work i guess.

not really

much more likable than that horrible Atlas Sound record and the filler is enjoyable. It frames the good stuff and makes those tracks sound better though the overall listening experience is obviously hurt.

Harumph! There are some reet cloth eared cunts on this thread. Deerhunter dont overwork the life out of their songs and create albums that offer a bit more than just lucid and predictable rock nusic. If you like them they affect you in a sensory and emotional way . There is no point expecting 11 traditional killer rock tunes expertly sequenced to cater to the average bedroom music fans wet dream ideal of a perfect album with Deerhunter. If you want dross like that get some plodding mediocrity like The Hold Steady - never a more aptly monikered band whose entire output could be reduced to a mere grain of fucking rice, never mind an EP.

whoa dude

And I don't even like the hold steady

u mad?

I'd be inclined to agree with the EP bit...

Is Hold Steady bedroom music?

"Deerhunter dont overwork the life out of their songs"

Kind of felt like Microcastle was too over thought and careful. Weird Era wasn't because of how quick they threw it together, and it felt more natural overall, which I've said elsewhere.

Still have to listen to the new one.

Listen to it Evan, you possibly will love it.