Okay--don't know anything about him beyond that he died. I initially interpreted the lyrics literally and had the weird idea that he was writing about Daniel Plainview from There Will Be Blood. Anyway, sobering song for anyone drifting through middle age.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 02:26 (ten years ago) link
hah, i'll have to relisten with plainview in mind.
still love this record, monomania is not my thing at all but i can live with liking every other deerhunter album.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 02:31 (ten years ago) link
I've only heard the latest three Deerhunter albums and this is the only one I've really enjoyed. I should probably get round to hearing Cryptograms at some point.
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 17 July 2013 02:40 (ten years ago) link
I'm a late convert to this album but I really do love it. One of the few recent albums I can find that really scratches the same itch as the late-90s psyche classics like Dusk at Cubist Castle or The Soft Bulletin or Arnold's Hillside.
― a duiving caTCH, a stuolllen bayeeeess (jamescobo), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 00:12 (nine years ago) link
Well, I'm yet to be converted! What am I missing?
http://devonrecordclub.com/2014/10/08/deerhunter-halcyon-digest-round-72-toms-selection/
― yugi ex, Wednesday, 8 October 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link