DEERHUNTER
September 27th 2010 04:42
DEERHUNTER
NEW ALBUM HALCYON DIGEST OUT NOW
NEW ALBUM HALCYON DIGEST OUT NOW
Halcyon Digest, the fourth studio album from Atlanta’s Deerhunter, is out now via 4AD / Remote Control.
The quartet of Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt, Joshua Fauver and Moses Archuleta have established themselves as one of the most innovative and important bands to emerge from the US in recent years, and Halcyon Digest is testament to this.
Recorded in their native Georgia, Halcyon Digest took just a few weeks to piece together in June 2010. The recording sessions took place at Chase Park Transduction in Athens with Ben H. Allen helping to co-produce the album. Final track, ‘He Would Have Laughed’, was recorded separately by Bradford Cox at Notown Sound in Marietta, and is dedicated to musician Jay Reatard who sadly passed away earlier this year. Deerhunter collaborated with the Memphis musician in 2008 to release a split 7” where they covered each other’s songs.
Deerhunter are renowned for their prolificacy; in the two years since signing to 4AD, the group has released a double album (Microcastle and Weird Era Cont.) and a five-track EP (Rainwater Cassette Exchange) as well as numerous unofficial tracks that appear on a regular basis – albeit only for a short duration – on the band’s blog deerhuntertheband.blogspot.com With every release, Deerhunter widen their sphere of influence and continue to impress.
ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Triple R
ALBUM OF THE WEEK
2SER
ALBUM PACKET
FBi
Single ‘Helicopter’ on rotation
Triple j
“Brilliant” Gorillla vs Bear
“Soooooooo good” Two Thousand
“Beautiful and grand” The Guardian
“What glorious sounds to absorb!” Inpress
“A subtle hint of genius” Drum Media Perth
“Halcyon Digest is a gorgeous album” Stereogum
“Gets my vote for the Best Fuzz of the Year Grammy” Prefix
“Deerhunter return in a wave of lush pop symphony … gorgeous” Beat
“Deerhunter have crafted a wonderful new album and crafted is indeed the way it feels – lovingly so.” Fasterlouder
“What looks like one of 2010’s best indie releases … they deserve all the accolades coming their way.” 4 ½ STARS Music Australia Guide
The jangly, airy guitar pop displayed here is a fully realized extension of the sound explored in the title track of last year's exquisite Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP, and that's a very good thing. These guys have already shown us how talented they are at spinning record collections into aural gold, and it's good to see them growing further into their sound. Most notably, Bradford Cox is sounding more like a frontman and less like an incantory séance leader” Pitchfork
The quartet of Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt, Joshua Fauver and Moses Archuleta have established themselves as one of the most innovative and important bands to emerge from the US in recent years, and Halcyon Digest is testament to this.
Recorded in their native Georgia, Halcyon Digest took just a few weeks to piece together in June 2010. The recording sessions took place at Chase Park Transduction in Athens with Ben H. Allen helping to co-produce the album. Final track, ‘He Would Have Laughed’, was recorded separately by Bradford Cox at Notown Sound in Marietta, and is dedicated to musician Jay Reatard who sadly passed away earlier this year. Deerhunter collaborated with the Memphis musician in 2008 to release a split 7” where they covered each other’s songs.
Deerhunter are renowned for their prolificacy; in the two years since signing to 4AD, the group has released a double album (Microcastle and Weird Era Cont.) and a five-track EP (Rainwater Cassette Exchange) as well as numerous unofficial tracks that appear on a regular basis – albeit only for a short duration – on the band’s blog deerhuntertheband.blogspot.com With every release, Deerhunter widen their sphere of influence and continue to impress.
ALBUM OF THE WEEK
Triple R
ALBUM OF THE WEEK
2SER
ALBUM PACKET
FBi
Single ‘Helicopter’ on rotation
Triple j
“Brilliant” Gorillla vs Bear
“Soooooooo good” Two Thousand
“Beautiful and grand” The Guardian
“What glorious sounds to absorb!” Inpress
“A subtle hint of genius” Drum Media Perth
“Halcyon Digest is a gorgeous album” Stereogum
“Gets my vote for the Best Fuzz of the Year Grammy” Prefix
“Deerhunter return in a wave of lush pop symphony … gorgeous” Beat
“Deerhunter have crafted a wonderful new album and crafted is indeed the way it feels – lovingly so.” Fasterlouder
“What looks like one of 2010’s best indie releases … they deserve all the accolades coming their way.” 4 ½ STARS Music Australia Guide
The jangly, airy guitar pop displayed here is a fully realized extension of the sound explored in the title track of last year's exquisite Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP, and that's a very good thing. These guys have already shown us how talented they are at spinning record collections into aural gold, and it's good to see them growing further into their sound. Most notably, Bradford Cox is sounding more like a frontman and less like an incantory séance leader” Pitchfork
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