deerhunter... - Page 4

greedrex · 10.31.2008, 12:17 PM

o doodz i'm so good
I swear NO PUN WAS INTENDED either in the comment or the pic above.
jeez i amaze myself. i'm so RELEVANT.

SYRFox · 10.31.2008, 02:32 PM

noisereductions · 11.05.2008, 08:35 AM

So I pretty much can not stop listening to Microcastle. I think it's great. Yes it's a lot poppier or whatever. But it's an excellent, solid album. I feel like with CRYPTOGRAMS it was about the space around the songs. And on this one it's like 'ok, how much structure can we cram into one song?' It's crazy good.

batreleaser · 11.06.2008, 01:33 PM

They at times remind me of like an ambient Cramps or something, like sorta Gothic Rockabilly with some beautiful use of Atmosphere. "Flourescent Grey" was great for sure, the new one is pretty good, but not gonna end up on my best of list. They have come a long fuckin way from "Turn it Up Faggot" though, that record was a piece of shit.

noisereductions · 11.06.2008, 01:42 PM

Yeah, I only listened to TURN IT UP once... but really I think the new one is excellent. Definitely on my best of 08 list. CRYTPO made it to my best of 07, and yet I thought it unlikely they'd do it again. But honestly I've loved this and the Atlas Sound record this year. So go figure.

Rob Instigator · 11.06.2008, 01:42 PM

I got to get the new one

noisereductions · 11.06.2008, 01:47 PM

Rob, I kind of bought it thinking "I'm probably gonna hate this and realize that Cryptograms was a fluke and never listen to Deerhunter again..." but it's f'ing great.

SYRFox · 11.06.2008, 01:52 PM

"Nothing Ever Happened" is GREAT

noisereductions · 11.06.2008, 02:08 PM

Yeah it is. The whole album is full of these sorts of melodies that just get stuck in yr head.

ihateyouth · 11.06.2008, 05:49 PM

I think they rip Twin Peaks' soundtrack in a terrible way.

The Earl Of Slander · 11.06.2008, 07:44 PM

Can't wait to buy Microcastle, but I'm trying to decide whether to hold out for the wax...

noisereductions · 11.07.2008, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by ihateyouth

I think they rip Twin Peaks' soundtrack in a terrible way.

I must agree that a lot of the guitar tones, and even some melodies do remind me of Twin Peaks stuff. BUT I can not agree that it's "in a terrible way."

elix it · 11.08.2008, 03:10 AM

I've had the chance to see them live on more than one occasion, but never have.

Strong band, overall.

Killthosecops · 11.09.2008, 10:09 PM

I think they're alright. Not a fan of them. I've seen them twice. First they opened for Circa Survive. They were alright, but then the band Ours played after them and they were so bad so that made the deer hunter sound good i guess. Second time I saw them, they opened for the fall of troy and a bunch of people were booing them. They don't sound bad, just too boring for me.

atsonicpark · 11.10.2008, 08:23 AM

Haha. Fall of Troy fans should boo. Deerhunter, like 'em or not, will never write a song as good as F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X...

Stijn · 11.10.2008, 01:43 PM

I'm kinda dissapointed, was really looking forward to this record.
Cryptograms/fluorescent had some incredible songs, but this I don't like. I can't understand the appeal, there are no real hooks, nothing happens in the songs, it even aren't good pop songs. Weird era cont. is slightly better upon first listen but still nothing really special.
Maybe I just don't get it

lechaoscestmoi · 11.10.2008, 01:57 PM

hahahaha the fall of troy.. brings back so many memories

noisereductions · 11.10.2008, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Stijn

there are no real hooks

That's really weird to me. Bare in mind that I loved CRYPTOGRAMS, but my feeling on MICROCASTLE is that each song is loaded with hooks. Like I feel like the band tried to fit as many hooks into each track as possible. I mean, if you dnt like it, you dnt like it. That's fine. It IS a very different record than CRYPTO, but I definitely don't see how you dont hear any hooks in there. To me it's totally a Deerhunter pop album.

Stijn · 11.10.2008, 02:13 PM

Yeah it sure is a deerhunter pop album, and I like pop albums, but this seems like really safe pop to me, just regular chord patterns and conventional scales, without special chords or a few notes that give you goosebumps like on cryptograms, the only thing that can do that here is this quiet - loudapproach.
But I really want to like it, maybe I should listen to it some more

noisereductions · 11.10.2008, 02:17 PM

You should. I mean, I get what yr saying, but some times a song doesnt need a "special chord" and can use a conventional scale, and just be nothing more than a really great song.

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11.05.2008, 08:35 AM	#63
noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	So I pretty much can not stop listening to Microcastle. I think it's great. Yes it's a lot poppier or whatever. But it's an excellent, solid album. I feel like with CRYPTOGRAMS it was about the space around the songs. And on this one it's like 'ok, how much structure can we cram into one song?' It's crazy good.
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batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	They at times remind me of like an ambient Cramps or something, like sorta Gothic Rockabilly with some beautiful use of Atmosphere. "Flourescent Grey" was great for sure, the new one is pretty good, but not gonna end up on my best of list. They have come a long fuckin way from "Turn it Up Faggot" though, that record was a piece of shit.
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11.06.2008, 01:42 PM	#65
noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	Yeah, I only listened to TURN IT UP once... but really I think the new one is excellent. Definitely on my best of 08 list. CRYTPO made it to my best of 07, and yet I thought it unlikely they'd do it again. But honestly I've loved this and the Atlas Sound record this year. So go figure.
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Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,930	I got to get the new one __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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11.06.2008, 01:47 PM	#67
noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	Rob, I kind of bought it thinking "I'm probably gonna hate this and realize that Cryptograms was a fluke and never listen to Deerhunter again..." but it's f'ing great.
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11.06.2008, 01:52 PM	#68
SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	"Nothing Ever Happened" is GREAT
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noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	Yeah it is. The whole album is full of these sorts of melodies that just get stuck in yr head.
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11.06.2008, 05:49 PM	#70
ihateyouth children of satan Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: in dreams Posts: 322	I think they rip Twin Peaks' soundtrack in a terrible way.
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The Earl Of Slander the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,156	Can't wait to buy Microcastle, but I'm trying to decide whether to hold out for the wax... __________________ The toothaches got worse, she dreamed of disembodied voices from whose malignance there was no appeal, the soft dusk of mirrors out of which something was about to walk, and empty rooms that waited for her. Your gynaecologist has no test for what she was pregnant with.
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11.08.2008, 03:10 AM	#73
elix it bad moon rising Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 121	I've had the chance to see them live on more than one occasion, but never have. Strong band, overall.
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11.09.2008, 10:09 PM	#74
Killthosecops empty page Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 13	I think they're alright. Not a fan of them. I've seen them twice. First they opened for Circa Survive. They were alright, but then the band Ours played after them and they were so bad so that made the deer hunter sound good i guess. Second time I saw them, they opened for the fall of troy and a bunch of people were booing them. They don't sound bad, just too boring for me.
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11.10.2008, 08:23 AM	#75
atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	Haha. Fall of Troy fans should boo. Deerhunter, like 'em or not, will never write a song as good as F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X... __________________
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11.10.2008, 01:43 PM	#76
Stijn bad moon rising Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Belgium Posts: 126	I'm kinda dissapointed, was really looking forward to this record. Cryptograms/fluorescent had some incredible songs, but this I don't like. I can't understand the appeal, there are no real hooks, nothing happens in the songs, it even aren't good pop songs. Weird era cont. is slightly better upon first listen but still nothing really special. Maybe I just don't get it
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11.10.2008, 01:57 PM	#77
lechaoscestmoi the destroyed room Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 589	hahahaha the fall of troy.. brings back so many memories
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11.10.2008, 02:13 PM	#79
Stijn bad moon rising Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Belgium Posts: 126	Yeah it sure is a deerhunter pop album, and I like pop albums, but this seems like really safe pop to me, just regular chord patterns and conventional scales, without special chords or a few notes that give you goosebumps like on cryptograms, the only thing that can do that here is this quiet - loudapproach. But I really want to like it, maybe I should listen to it some more
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11.10.2008, 02:17 PM	#80
noisereductions invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England, USA Posts: 16,210	You should. I mean, I get what yr saying, but some times a song doesnt need a "special chord" and can use a conventional scale, and just be nothing more than a really great song.
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