The Days of Lore

Q: What’s my pleasure? A: Deerhunter

Monday, October 27th, 2008 | musiX | 1 Comment

A friend of mine called Deerhunter’s 2007 record Cryptograms “the greatest album of the year—and perhaps of our almost-retired decade.” Yeah, he gets pretty excited about music. It is a good album all right—pushing all the right pleasure buttons—but I must say I am more excited about Microcastle (Kranky), which officially drops this week.

Microcastle is a more focused collection of songs—poppier and less chaotic—that hits more of my pleasure buttons. What exactly is a “pleasure button,” you ask? I have no idea. The Atlanta five-piece recorded it in one week and will the release it with a bonus album Weird Era Cont., recorded a few weeks after the completion of Microcastle … and with that, Deerhunter has pushed another one of my pleasure buttons.

This song does the same—reverbed guitar, a killer intro, an extended fuzzed-out solo. Yes, yes and YES! Deerhunter kicks off their tour Halloween night with a CD-release show in their hometown with Pylon, Jay Reatard and Times New Viking, and will stop here in Portland Nov. 22 right down the street from me at the Hawthorne Theatre … again, another pleasure button pushed.

“Nothing Ever Happened” - Deerhunter

Tags: Cryptograms, Deerhunter, Jay Reatard, Kranky, Microcastle, Pylon, Times New Viking, Weird Era Cont.