Deerhunter
As we wait for February's icy blast, this five-piece from Atlanta can warm your heart. Formed in 2001, it appears to be Deerhunter's ambition to revisit two previously diametrically opposed genres and send them crashing together: the hypnotic wash of ambient and minimalist music with the sturm und drang of garage rock. At any moment recalling some of Spacemen 3 or My Bloody Valentine's finest moments, this is a post millenial neurotic fog of delayed guitars, lo-fi drums and distant vocals.
Almost inevitably they have been picked up by that bastion of edgy and out there, Kranky, and clearly show the company's desire to break free from any cliches that might remain caught up in their back list. So Krank104, Crypotograms, has exploded into existance and is a schizophrenic collection of tracks. At times forming long drawn-out washes of sound revisiting Eno and Budd, at others angular psych-rock recalling Sonic Youth or bursting with dream-pop colour.
Two tracks really can't adequately cover the range of Deerhunter's ambition, but they are typical of the quality of the album as a whole.
Deerhunter - Spring Hall Convert on Kranky
Deerhunter - Heatherwood on Kranky
1 comment:
I always loved the comments on this bands myspace.
TBH I feel that Deerhunter are a geek's band and that a lot of the time - I think to myself - hey hang on a minute, they're extracting the urine.
but maybe I've not heard enough.... I'll give it another chance.
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