Deerhunter – Microcastle
kilby on October 10th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Artist: Deerhunter
Album: Microcastle
Genre: Avant Rock, Art Rock, Ambient, Pop, Shoe Gazer, Drone
Similarities: Radiohead, David Bowie, Joy Division, The Shins, Gang of Four, Catherine Wheel, Sonic Youth
Not sure what to expect from this post. At first glance, depending on which song you hear first, several may say “Radiohead Rip-Off”, “Typical Pop Blah-Blah” or even “Didn’t I hear this on a shitty boom box at Jess Lintner’s folks place in high school?”. Before you jump ship give a couple tracks a listen. It may have helped if I didnt post pictures of the band, but sitting here typing of bunch of shit you aren’t gonna read when there are nine songs to listen to is pretty pointless as well. Fire Breathing Dragons.
Never Stops
Cover Me
Deerhunter is an experimental noise rock band from Atlanta, fronted by the compellingly odd singer Bradford Cox. Cox’s vocal style blends vocal experimentation along the lines of Meredith Monk or Yoko Ono with a more direct and punky howl inspired by the Fall’s Mark E. Smith. Cox is also a striking on-stage presence: the exceedingly skinny 6’4″ lead singer has Marfan syndrome, a genetic disorder of the connective tissue that gives him abnormally long and spindly limbs. (The late Joey Ramone was another well-known frontman with Marfan syndrome.) Cox often exaggerates his otherworldly look by performing in Victorian-style party frocks and engaging in Iggy Pop-style acts of ritual self-abasement while his bandmates churn out an aggressive mix of industrial-grind guitars and fractured dance rhythms that often recalls earlier Georgia art punks like the Method Actors and Pylon.
Deerhunter was formed in 2001 by Cox and drummer and keyboardist Moses Archuleta; guitarists Colin Mee and Lockett Pundt and bassist Josh Fauver completed the lineup over the following years. Deerhunter signed with the local Atlanta indie Stickfigure Records for their 2005 debut: nominally untitled, the album is also known as “Turn It Up, Faggot” (a phrase that doesn’t appear on the sleeve), an insult that Cox claimed was often thrown at the band during their gigs. Deerhunter then signed to the higher-profile indie Kranky (Godspeed You Black Emperor!, etc.) for their second album, Cryptograms, as well as the EP Fluorescent Grey.Mee left Deerhunter and was replaced by former cheerleader Whitney Petty. The band recorded their third albumMicrocastle at New York City’s Rare Book Room studio; the album was released digitally two months before it arrived on CD in fall 2008; like Fluorescent Grey, it found Brad Cox and company moving in a more pop-oriented direction. – AllMusic.com
Download Microcastle Here. (RapidShare -> 75MB – 12 Tracks)
(Also, Professor BigBalls at Radiobutt has nearly all of Deerhunters discography available)
Agoraphobia
Microcastle
Green Jacket
Activa
Saved Old Times
Neither of Us Uncertainly
Twilight at Carbon Lake
Agoraphobia Video (directed by David Lynch)
Deerhunter Links : MySpace | Deerhunter Blog | last.fm | Wiki
** Audio use is for preview listening purposes only, all tracks can be found (for extremely cheap) via itunes, legalsounds.com as well as CD purchases through a number of online music stores. Any persons involved in the writing and.or production can contact me (kilby@knifefightingjesus.com) and links will be removed if desired.
5 Comments
Burnvictim | October 10th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Er, that should say: Yeah, it’s pretty cool. But why does Scott Kilby like it?
Beezard | October 10th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Me rikey. This might be my winter music this year.
kilby | October 11th, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Scott Kilby the professional ATV racer likes it. (in hindsight i should just say ‘bizisaidso’)
Beezard | October 11th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
I think it needs two more solid good songs before I’d start getting a chubby. But I’ve listened to never stops like 8 times today.
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Yeah, it’s pretty cool. But why doesn’t Scott Kilby like it?