Remember that cool but weird kid who sat at the back of the class? He drew pictures on the back of notebooks and didn't pay attention. He hung out in the halls, rarely came to Algebra, and skipped school dances. But he had great hair, and you heard he played in a band somewhere. Well, this is the album he finally made. And like you expected, it is pretty damn awesome.
Halcyon Digest is a musical journal of sorts, depictions of influential sonic memories that affected that strange kid--in this case, Bradford Cox, the musical force behind Deerhunter and Atlas Sound. The D Man's entry point into Cox's private world of inspiration was Atlas Sound's excellent 2009 album Logos, and Halcyon Digest is filled with similar entries of striking and blissful pysche-pop, observed, recorded, and obviously transformed by Cox and his bandmates.
The album is divergent, all washed-out bedroom pop or sixties rock, with a homespun quality that feels faithful and sincere. The intracacies are astounding yet sound so effortless. The songs are a testament to underthinking and overplaying, the instinctual foray into cherished and poignant moments of musicmaking. The best examples of Deerhunter's experimentation are drenched in watery psyche-drippings or off-the-cuff guitars that sound familiar and exciting all at once. The end result: a towering, yet private, indie-rock record.
2 comments:
Excellent choice.
This picture creeps me out.
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