An album I so enjoyed that I bought it twice (I just could not wait for the physical release - I'm weak). With Microcastle Deerhunter totally realized the ideas they had been toying with on the Fluorescent Grey EP and the result is a band in full flower. From the first chords of the beatific opener "Cover Me Slowly" to the epic cacophony in the final moments of "Twilight at Carbon Lake" (in which the band finally perfectly synergizes their love of noise, shoegaze, and 60's pop), Microcastle is a collection art-damaged pop pleasures. It's vestigial twin Weird Era, Cont. is much the same, but radically different. Where Microcastle is comprised of twelve perfectly calibrated pop songs, Weird Era's tracks ebb and flow together in the amniotic fluid of the gauzy production. They are the dreaming of Microcastle; a translucent collection of Neu!-like rhythms, wall-of-sound harmonies, and shoegazing guitar. The exception is "Calvary Scars II/Aux. Out", which takes a delicate seed of a song from Microcastle and allows it to bloom in both expected and unanticipated ways. Closing out the record it proves that Deerhunter are still exploring the evolution of their sound and that progression will be as unpredictable as it is satisfying.
Friday, December 19, 2008
2008 Favorites: Deerhunter/Microcastle, Weird Era Cont.
An album I so enjoyed that I bought it twice (I just could not wait for the physical release - I'm weak). With Microcastle Deerhunter totally realized the ideas they had been toying with on the Fluorescent Grey EP and the result is a band in full flower. From the first chords of the beatific opener "Cover Me Slowly" to the epic cacophony in the final moments of "Twilight at Carbon Lake" (in which the band finally perfectly synergizes their love of noise, shoegaze, and 60's pop), Microcastle is a collection art-damaged pop pleasures. It's vestigial twin Weird Era, Cont. is much the same, but radically different. Where Microcastle is comprised of twelve perfectly calibrated pop songs, Weird Era's tracks ebb and flow together in the amniotic fluid of the gauzy production. They are the dreaming of Microcastle; a translucent collection of Neu!-like rhythms, wall-of-sound harmonies, and shoegazing guitar. The exception is "Calvary Scars II/Aux. Out", which takes a delicate seed of a song from Microcastle and allows it to bloom in both expected and unanticipated ways. Closing out the record it proves that Deerhunter are still exploring the evolution of their sound and that progression will be as unpredictable as it is satisfying.
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