"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.
― I will always think of you, while (quite) fondly, myself (Evan), Wednesday, 22 September 2010 22:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Still have to listen to the new one.
Listen to it Evan, you possibly will love it.
― Damo Suzuki's Parrot, Wednesday, 22 September 2010 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
shut up dickface
― am0n, Thursday, 23 September 2010 02:49 (thirteen years ago) link
not all messages are displayed in this topic :(
― mittens reduxeo, Thursday, 23 September 2010 02:50 (thirteen years ago) link
:)
― am0n, Thursday, 23 September 2010 02:54 (thirteen years ago) link
stop laughing at me
― mittens reduxeo, Thursday, 23 September 2010 02:54 (thirteen years ago) link
The album's a little low-key, isn't it? Was hoping for another "Nothing Ever Happens."
― jaymc, Thursday, 23 September 2010 04:47 (thirteen years ago) link
replace coronado w/ b-side primitive 3-d http://www.wpclipart.com/smiley/tiny/tiny_smiley_shades.png
― atlas ¯\(°_o)/¯ed (am0n), Thursday, 23 September 2010 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link
of interest: 9.2.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 27 September 2010 05:27 (thirteen years ago) link
listening to their previous 2 albums i think i have their formula figured out:
1. mumble some random words2. test out some guitar pedals3. don't write anything memorable
― my sex drew back into itself tight and dry (abanana), Monday, 27 September 2010 06:19 (thirteen years ago) link
of interest: 9.2.― Daniel, Esq., Monday, September 27, 2010 1:27 AM
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, September 27, 2010 1:27 AM
dope -- will be picking this up on Tuesday for sure
― markers, Monday, 27 September 2010 06:49 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man, new No Age out Tuesday and then Marnie Stern next week
― markers, Monday, 27 September 2010 06:50 (thirteen years ago) link
class of 2007!!!
― markers, Monday, 27 September 2010 06:51 (thirteen years ago) link
A+
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Monday, 27 September 2010 13:23 (thirteen years ago) link
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― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Monday, 27 September 2010 22:26 (thirteen years ago) link
picked this up. the liner notes fold out into a really cool, well-design mini-poster sort of deal
― markers, Tuesday, 28 September 2010 16:14 (thirteen years ago) link
*well-designed
i still maintain (and will forever) that Atlas Sound is a WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more satisfying project.
― LAMBDA LAMBDA LANDA (Beatrix Kiddo), Tuesday, 28 September 2010 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
Really liking this, have replayed "Desire Lines" a couple times already this morning.
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 14:39 (thirteen years ago) link
to what extent does this sound like microcastle?
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 14:41 (thirteen years ago) link
sounds looser and less developed to me
― mizzell, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
is it rockin or slow and ballady
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
mix of both, a bit more ballady than rockin i think. ballads are better overall, maybe.
― mizzell, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 14:57 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 16:28 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― LAMBDA LAMBDA LANDA (Beatrix Kiddo), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 16:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Microcastle blah blah whatever... does anyone else still like Cryptograms best??
― ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
yes, which is why i'm asking these questions
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC6Yp7RvUYw
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 3 October 2010 14:51 (thirteen years ago) link
this has grown on me big time. love this track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mBSOtdOjoc
― polytetrafluoroethylene don (am0n), Monday, 4 October 2010 15:57 (thirteen years ago) link
am0n otm
― markers, Monday, 4 October 2010 16:54 (thirteen years ago) link
at first I thought Bradford was singing "and the blogs they know my name" on "Basement Scene"
― markers, Thursday, 14 October 2010 22:52 (thirteen years ago) link
markers do u dig the whole album
― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Thursday, 14 October 2010 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
i still havent listened to this, damn
― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Thursday, 14 October 2010 22:57 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 14 October 2010 22:59 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 15 October 2010 16:07 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― nerve_pylon, Friday, 15 October 2010 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― skip, Friday, 15 October 2010 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link
"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.
― LAMBDA LAMBDA LANDA (Beatrix Kiddo), Friday, 15 October 2010 17:57 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, desire lines is a jam
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Friday, 15 October 2010 19:05 (thirteen years ago) link
^ 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.
― nerve_pylon, Monday, 18 October 2010 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link
good to know - they're playing the same night as of montreal/janelle monae and i have a decision to make here...
― all yoga attacks are fire based (rogermexico.), Monday, 18 October 2010 04:12 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 28 October 2010 13:26 (thirteen years ago) link
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!
― Z S, Thursday, 28 October 2010 14:22 (thirteen years ago) link
I need to check out the Lotus Plaza stuff.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 28 October 2010 14:26 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Z S, Thursday, 28 October 2010 14:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Next Lotus Plaza album gonna blow some minds.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 28 October 2010 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link
hey this record is alright. i thought microcastle was 75% weak but this one holds up right through
― dronestorm (electricsound), Thursday, 28 October 2010 23:22 (thirteen years ago) link
^ yes. and if new Lotus Plaza is even half as great as his tracks on HD, well,,,,lookout! srsly, Desire Lines is brilliant.
― nerve_pylon, Thursday, 28 October 2010 23:26 (thirteen years ago) link