Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest

New record, out September 28th on 4AD

http://pitchfork.com/news/39406-deerhunter-announce-new-album/

engineered by Ben Allen.

Here's hoping it's a throwback to the Cryptograms stuff, I didn't really care for the last album.

i'm bout it bout it but no way am i doing street teaming for them

2 mp3s is below min wage isnt it

I loved both Cryptograms and Microcastle (and the bonus disc of outtakes) ((and most of the Atlas Sound stuff I've heard)) (((and heck, even the first Deerhunter album wasn't half-bad!)))... so I'm pretty sure I'll like this no matter what.

i still kinda think the flourescent grey ep was the best thing they did

ilxor completely off the money itt, sorry dude

i still kinda think the flourescent grey ep was the best thing they did

me too

and as far as full lengths go, I'm pretty sure I've listened to the Atlas Sound LPs more than the Deerhunter ones.

man really? i never gave that last EP much of a chance i guess. really loved microcastle tho, so looking forward to this

You mean the Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP thing? I kinda forgot about that, I thought it was relatively weak at the time, I guess I should revisit it.

oh lol i got my EPs mixed up

This song is pretty great imo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C79Q7MV4Fgo

All the build up to Microcastle, and the overexposure to the band around that time made that album feel really overly fussed over. Their insistence to put the "suite" in the middle of the album, the Black Lips babble in the one song, and a general vibe I get with the sequencing and composition of the rest of the songs is just: over-thought. I actually like it, but the much more quickly assembled Weird Era I feel is much better because it doesn't sound so slaved over, where they jammed out all of their great ideas instead of drew out a blueprint beforehand. Just how it sounds to me...

This is the part where I spent time to write a post that I thought a lot about to join in a conversation about music, and the thread dies until someone responds to something written above me. 67% chance. :D:D:D:D:D:D

HAHA Fuck it.

Weird Era's still my favorite! It's like the Deerhunter version of The White Album.

Don't feel bad dude, on a friday night your chances of a response are pretty low anyway, unless you're on the I'm Drunk thread!

fwiw, I pretty much agree with you, although the hype thing didn't really bug me because I'm not too plugged into the whole music blogosphere thing anymore.

I guess I got there just when people finished last night!

The hype doesn't bug me as much as how its huge anticipation seemed to force the band to be a bit more rigid in their creative process (not because they focused on "songs" more but the way they went about them), creating an overly thought and careful album.

i still kinda think the flourescent grey ep was the best thing they did
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me too

me three. best pop/rock sensibilities on display.

man! dudes! re-listen to Microcastle! it's better!

directions:

1) wave goodbye to the waves and the frozen shit that was in your heart
2) listen to Microcastle on repeat

Microcastlol

did not even realize that was supposed to be a suite on microcastle.. what tracks are included in this?

p.s. little kids mightve been my most listened to track of 08

# "Microcastle" - 3:40
# "Calvary Scars" - 1:37
# "Green Jacket" - 2:09
# "Activa" - 1:49

That's the suite iirc?

Whatever happened to Whitney, btw? :-(

Yeah thats the suite.

love the suite

a bunch of microcastle is really boring

I don't the title track is included in the suite.

Believe, that is.

i had no idea there was a suite

i don't think they're 'boring' but they're very textural: i mean, i've been meaning to listen to them again, and now i'm listening to them again, and i guess i've not listened to microcastle/weird era more than, say, ten times, but i really know very little of it; i sort of vaguely place the odd guitar line or sound effect or whatever; i know there's a jammy/twinkly bit coming at the end of weird era cont.; i can sort of vaguely place hooks for one or two songs if i look at the titles, but i will think that three or four tracks are 'nothing ever happened' before i actually get to 'nothing ever happened'

i don't know what part of the record it is, but the really slow stuff that sounds like ballads from the 50s is rough

i really liked his last album, it was good stuff. i'm looking forward to some new stuff.

http://halcyondigest.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32dLVXMzgTg

^^ one of the best Deerhunter songs imo

saw them summer 2007 at the ICA in Boston -- awesome venue right by the water. they were fantastic

go to http://halcyondigest.com/revival/ type in the pw 'tapereel' and youll be taken to a supremely annoying microsite where you can click on the tape reel and download their new single

warning the site will play music automatically and the zip contains 30 megs of worthless album art

http://promo.4ad.com/halcyondigest/revival.zip

Loving the ambient stuff they're throwing out here. The sad piano bit at the end of Primitive 3D is wonderful. Love the production too, it's really crisp!

Really nice video for new track Helicopter. Just click on the article in link: http://halcyondigest.com/helicopter/ ....not a massive fan, but this song is beautiful.

that takes like an hour to load and your username makes no sense

You must have super slow internet. My username is roughly half as ridiculous & ambiguous as most of the others, yours included . Don't really care if you get it or not.

:3

Played instantaneously for me. I dig the song, too!

My username is roughly half as ridiculous & ambiguous as most of the others, yours included

Mine included, too?

omg the board has become sentient

Vid on ye'tube

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Deerhunter have to be one of the only indie bands to still be worth a look I sware.

Really looking forward to the new album.

Deerhunter have to be one of the only indie bands to still be worth a look I sware.

I basically agree with you; I increasingly have less time for most indie rock bands in my life.

this song is a jam

Recently I've been playing the hell out of the Weird Era Cont. alternate album thing, especially Dot Gain and Vox Celeste, the latter of which Is sorta becoming one of my favorite songs evah

I should listen to that again -- I mostly just played Microcastle again & again (it's the perfect length, too), and didn't listen to WEC much.

"operation" off 'weird era contd' is a great little jam too

microcastle was great. anxious to hear the new disc. deerhunter has an epic sound -- and an edge -- that's too often missing in indie rock.

feeling "helicopter"

Holy shit. This is fucking great. Like, really. It's out there.

really? very excited for this disc -- maybe more than any disc this year.

YES, MORE EXCITED FOR THIS THAN FOR THE KATY PERRY DISC.

Yeah man. If so inclined, check Magiska. It's something else, really.

Did I menetion how wonderful this is?

MENETION?!?!? Mention. Mention.

heard 'desire lines' and now i'm VERY excited for the album

I haven't heard this yet, but I've received a few different messages from friends today saying "omgomgomg deerhunter" and I don't normally get any texts whatsoever concerning the greatness of leaked albums, so I'm assuming it's really good!

listened to the Microcastle and Fluorescent Grey this morning, and was reminded of how good they are.

both of those are excellent

man, P4k news used to be all Deerhunter blog omg omg poop omg in 2007

~~~indie rock nostalgia~~~

this year's bitter orcas?

yup this is gr8

gonna wait until it goes on sale but \(^o^)/ \(^o^)/ \(^o^)/ @ the positive reviews itt

i don't think there are any reviews yet, other than on message boards.

where we've concluded it's the album of the year.

so now you don't even need to hear it, really.

haaaaa

I'm gonna go ahead and initiate the backlash in response to the msgboard hype. If we can go ahead and have this back-and-forth and get things settled before it's actually released, that would be just great, super

wait, the whole album leaked?

just two-thirds

Nah, the whole thing. It rules.

I'm gonna go ahead and initiate the backlash in response to the msgboard hype. If we can go ahead and have this back-and-forth and get things settled before it's actually released, that would be just great, super

good idea. you start the backlash and, by the time the album comes out, we'll be ready for the counter-backlash. voila: album of the year.

More like two turdz, man why does everyone always talk about this band everywhere I go on earth on indie music blogs I'm so sick of hearing it

weird, can't find it online at all

btw it's okay if the police come and arrest me now

Xpost to markers

(see Daniel, one step ahead of you ;)

kind of a byrds feel to this. missing the experimental edge of the last couple albums tho :/

xpost 2 Z S

lol

LOL

yeah, this f---g band.

i'm sick of this new album, anyway.

i hear "cee-lo green (the soul machine)" has a new song that's a surefire hit. i'll listen to that instead.

can't believe I have to wait thirteen days to hear this

you have Olof Arnals' new disc to tide you over.

\(^o^)/

ugh saxophone on 'coronado'

mind if i blog spoilerz

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

w00

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.

shut up dickface

not all messages are displayed in this topic :(

:)

stop laughing at me

The album's a little low-key, isn't it? Was hoping for another "Nothing Ever Happens."

replace coronado w/ b-side primitive 3-d http://www.wpclipart.com/smiley/tiny/tiny_smiley_shades.png

of interest: 9.2.

listening to their previous 2 albums i think i have their formula figured out:

1. mumble some random words
2. test out some guitar pedals
3. don't write anything memorable

of interest: 9.2.

― Daniel, Esq., Monday, September 27, 2010 1:27 AM

dope -- will be picking this up on Tuesday for sure

oh man, new No Age out Tuesday and then Marnie Stern next week

class of 2007!!!

A+

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picked this up. the liner notes fold out into a really cool, well-design mini-poster sort of deal

*well-designed

i still maintain (and will forever) that Atlas Sound is a WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more satisfying project.

Really liking this, have replayed "Desire Lines" a couple times already this morning.

to what extent does this sound like microcastle?

sounds looser and less developed to me

is it rockin or slow and ballady

mix of both, a bit more ballady than rockin i think. ballads are better overall, maybe.

Much thicker than Microcastle, thicker textures, crunchy guitars, a little banjo, lots of additional percussion. Really love the production on this. Very wide-screen. You can tell playing all those open air festivals has influenced these songs, both in scope and sound.

It's going to be hard to knock Microcastle (and especially) Weird Era from my top of the list because that double record is like Deerhunter's White Album. But "Don't Cry", "Memory Boy", and "Basement Scene" really capture that 60s girl group inspired ambient punk feeling with some really wonderful songs that are some of the best the group has done.

Keep in mind when i say '60s girl group inspired ambient punk' i don't mean the superficial affectations that get taken up by every indie band in existence these days ("Be My Baby" drum beat, anyone?). It has more to do with songcraft for Deerhunter: the nostalgic melodies, the stomping beats, the chord structures.

"Coronado" is Bradford living out his Strokes dreams to great swaggering effect! And yes the last track is really awe-inspiring. Another great record from probably my favorite band of the 21st century.

Deerhunter (for me) have this weird thing where it takes like a year or two for me to really grasp/dig whatever album EP is in question - like, Microcastle/Weird Era didn't start making real intuitive sense until just recently.

Microcastle blah blah whatever... does anyone else still like Cryptograms best??

yes, which is why i'm asking these questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC6Yp7RvUYw

this has grown on me big time. love this track

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mBSOtdOjoc

am0n otm

at first I thought Bradford was singing "and the blogs they know my name" on "Basement Scene"

markers do u dig the whole album

i still havent listened to this, damn

i've listened to about half--like it better than much of microcastle but i wish they would rock and i wish bradford would be a little stronger with the vocal melodies.

The Bluffs is an Atlanta ghetto where back in the day kids would go to score hard drugs. Kinda funny that he would sing about that, because I'm pretty sure Bradford doesn't really do many drugs at all, and never has.

seeing them on saturday w/ Casino vs. Japan, and Real Estate. very psyched! can't remember the last time i liked all three bands on a bill.

My friend refused to listen to casino vs japan at 930 club and left me stranded on the main floor while he went downstairs to avoid the noise. I thought it was pretty damn good. Deerhunter was a lot like their albums, really high highs and then some stuff you have to be patient for. If you enjoy the downtime then it's a great show.

"The Bluffs is an Atlanta ghetto where back in the day kids would go to score hard drugs. Kinda funny that he would sing about that, because I'm pretty sure Bradford doesn't really do many drugs at all, and never has."

really? from some of his lyrics i've had the sense that dude has dabbled, at the very least.

yeah, desire lines is a jam

^ yeah and unfortunately they opened with it last night, so it was basically a soundcheck while the awful sound was sorted out. and then they were great, if punishingly loud. Casino Vs. Japan was great too. Real Estate didn't really 'translate' in the large club; their lo-fi charms lost in that setting (and also horrible sound). and, WTF with all the people down on the floor TEXTING during the show? annoying and rude. honestly, young people these days.

good to know - they're playing the same night as of montreal/janelle monae and i have a decision to make here...

not that you're making it easy, mind you

ok i've gotten pretty into this record--there's some wonderful stuff on it. desire lines, fountains stairs, revival, helicopter, etc. etc. really starting to respect how they don't let themselves be pinned down as "sounding like" any one thing, even when that results in them doing stuff i'm not crazy about. they're gonna have an unbelievable best of comp someday.

I've got a running DeerSoundPlaza best of playlist in iTunes that I update every time there's a new deerhunter-related release. And yeah, I'm totally biased, but to me it's already awesome!

I need to check out the Lotus Plaza stuff.

It's kinda weird to recommend…like on the "best of" list I've got going, there's only one lotus plaza track, and even that one isn't like shit yr pants awesome. But taken as a whole, I really like the LP and it works really well as a soundtrack to a hazy Saturday afternoon.

Next Lotus Plaza album gonna blow some minds.

hey this record is alright. i thought microcastle was 75% weak but this one holds up right through

^ yes. and if new Lotus Plaza is even half as great as his tracks on HD, well,,,,lookout! srsly, Desire Lines is brilliant.

He had some of the best tunes on microcastle, too. Adam, have you heard the new lotus plaza? I didn't even know it was in the works! Is it on kranky again?

which are his tracks on MCastle? i have a vinyl copy--the single lp version--and there's no info at all. bought it used, maybe there's a missing insert or something...

i know "agoraphobia" for one

this ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ is a hell of a song.

unsettling, too.

"Neither of Us, Uncertainly" is the other

ugh saxophone on 'coronado'

― am0n, Wednesday, September 15, 2010 5:33 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark

lol it took some time but i really like this song, including the sax.

"He had some of the best tunes on microcastle, too. Adam, have you heard the new lotus plaza? I didn't even know it was in the works! Is it on kranky again?"

I played bass in a live LP lineup almost a year ago and we learned 10 or so songs, two of which were Desire Lines and Fountain Stairs, and the rest of them were on that level and some of them even better. There's also this song he did w his girlfriend singing called "Nice Weekend", that was some incredible epic 3 minute shoegaze pop that i really hope comes out on something...

I really like the sax on Coronado, too.

Ace remix of "Helicopter" by Diplo & Lunice. Really like this video too, with footage from Andrey Stvolinsky's Slow Moscow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD1B6FDuunQ

It looks better on Vimeo, but not sure if that'll embed so:

Helicopter remix video prettier

I listened to this today because I heard Helicopter and liked the main hook, but overall this is some seriously weak songwriting.

lol it took some time but i really like this song, including the sax.

― call all destroyer, Tuesday, November 9, 2010 1:16 PM

its grown on me. good album for walking in the snow

http://stereogum.com/645172/expanded-deerhunter-do-letterman/video/

Check me out on keys there, wearing a cape in Sky Saxon/Beefheart tribute!

nice! u gave paul shaffer an acid flashback

paulol

Paul Shaffer is my hero. At load out there was a beautiful Vox Continental with the black keys just like the Animals used to use. After soundcheck he was really into that Farfisa I played and I complimented him on the Vox. He said he owned several. The man has taste!

Here's a bunch of photos i took from the show:
http://rabbitscgi.blogspot.com/2011/02/deerhunter-on-late-show-exclusive.html

He said he owned several.

people who have worked out how to live

Sounds like Adam Bruneau has figured out how to live too!

yes!

Just chillin', playing the keys for Deerhunter and impressin' Paul Shaffer. No big deal.

Totally agree with you guys, i had the best week ever!

Bradford found us on Hipsterrunoff the next day I felt like I had won a grammy.

awesome Adam! I knew you had played with (recorded with) LP in the past but didn't know you jammed with deerhunter too!

great job not shitting your pants onstage, if that was me up there i'd be wearing extra layers

Yeah, was kinda an OG Deerhunter member. Quit to go to school. Now I have a degree and no job LOL. So rad of Bradford to invite me along for this!

I can't believe I wasn't insanely nervous, it really helped that I was playing again with my friends for the first time in like 6 or 7 years! Also that I had some irish coffees backstage =)

Also that I had some irish coffees backstage =)

i must once again commend you for not shitting your pants onstage!

was the OG member stuff back before the debut turn it up faggot release, i guess?

I think first practice was when they just got that record back from the press. I still like that one a whole lot. Played 2nd drums at the time, it was Brad's idea. I learned "Lake Somerset" and probably some others off "Cryptograms", but they didn't have names yet. Been playing with him and Cole since before either bands tho. We met 10 years ago! They are the oldest friends I still play music with.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls9l59rkq11qb4lmho1_500.jpg

not sure why but bradford performed as joey ramone with mgmt who were performing lucifer sam last night on fallon. looks great though.

Fairly convincing, imho.

Still love the titular album for this thread. Was my #2 of 2010 and just revisited it last night, still very much deserving of that spot.

Also, MGMT's "Congratulation" was way underrated.

http://pitchfork.com/news/45347-deerhunters-lockett-pundt-announces-new-lotus-plaza-album-spooky-action-at-a-distance/

It's ok.

It seems like people love Deerhunter/Atlas Sound more and more as time goes on but to me it's all getting more moving and less emotionally involving as it goes

That should be "LESS moving"

Evan was all kinds of OTM at the top of this thread

i've only heard the song streaming on pitchfork, but it's awesome, favorite lotus plaza thing i've heard, stoked for the rest of the album. and i like deerhunter/atlas sound more and more as time goes on! :)

parallax, in particular, really rewards repeated listening. it didn't get any love here on the year end poll (which i didn't vote on because i don't know anything about music obv) but it was like top 3 2011 for me.

New LP LP (heh) is different than the debut, that's for sure. Still sorting out my feelings about it but it trumPs Parallax (the first AS LP I didn't "get").

anxious to hear this LP lp, as 'Desire Lines' is my favorite track on Halcyon Digest.

Ok damn

LP LP suddenly growing on me, big time

(sometime the act of listening to something while walking tge dog throws things into focus)

parallax, in particular, really rewards repeated listening. it didn't get any love here on the year end poll (which i didn't vote on because i don't know anything about music obv) but it was like top 3 2011 for me.

It was my #5, I really loved it.

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz0izaXxdI1qknlyfo1_500.jpg

ok, this new Lotus Plaza lp is great; i like it much more than his previous.

yes, it is awesome.

I put "Fluorescent Grey" on a Top 10 a few years ago, but with a little nudge from Christgau, I'm just getting around to this album and the new one now. I'll need more time with Monomania, but Halcyon Digest I love immediately. Especially the last three songs--even looked up the lyrics for "He Would Have Laughed," something I never do. Certain lines seemed a little too close to home...but I guess he's writing about some invented character, not himself.

he's writing abt jay reatard iirc

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.

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.

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.

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.

Well, I'm yet to be converted! What am I missing?

http://devonrecordclub.com/2014/10/08/deerhunter-halcyon-digest-round-72-toms-selection/