OK, I'm promising myself I'm gonna update this more. I get into this lazy funk at night after a long school day where I just wanna bum around on FailBlog for hours on end or repeatedly refresh all my social networking sites until I get sick of seeing no updates.
So anyway, Deerhunter's new album leaked and so naturally I went looking for it. I found it streaming on NPR (which is coincidentally where I first listened to Congratulations and my love affair was basically born. Thanks NPR!) I've only listened to it all the way through once, but I love it. Sadly I was listening to it while writing a narrative for a class and therefore not fully absorbing everything, but from what I did pay attention to, it's wonderful. I could sit and vibe out to it all day.
Standouts are definitely the opening track Earthquake, which is very jarring at first with it's syncopated backing rhythm, but it's balanced out nicely by a calm, constant guitar line and reverb-y vocals. Starts out small and gradually swells. Love it. Also, a running theme lyrically (from what I could make out, that is) is the fear of getting old. Which is a fear I have. Ugh, getting old, no thanks. I want to be twenty forever. Basement Scene is a lament about not wanting to wake up, get old, be forgotten by friends. The beat is one you just want to sway to. It feels very vintage to me. The same sentiment gets echoed in the opening lines to the closing song, He Would Have Laughed, "I'll be bored as I get older." Getting old sounds like a real drag. Seriously. I agree. Again, the constant beat in the background holds together the various sounds being played with here, guitars, drums, tambourines; it's a beautiful clash.
Overall, there's a full sound throughout, that feels really throwback, 60's garage psychedelia with heavy guitars and lots of reverb mixed with other elements. Shall definitely be giving this quite a few listens.
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