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With Microcastle, Weird Era, and this EP -- not to mention all the music the band released on its blog at that time -- Deerhunter hit its creative stride and didn't waste one moment. While Rainwater Cassette Exchange isn't drastically different from what came before it, it's at the same impressive level of quality. If anything, the four pop nuggets that begin the EP might be an even more potent distillation of the band's weirdness, catchiness, and beauty, from the title track's surf exotica to the push-pull of "Famous Last Words"' fuzzy guitars and cryptic lyrics. "Disappearing Ink" charges in on a forceful rhythm, but Bradford Cox's vocals and the chorus ("disappearing ink"/but the words still sting") aren't so sure, a trick Deerhunter also used brilliantly on Microcastle's "Nothing Ever Happened." "Game of Diamonds" is a standout, melding tablas, piano, Everly Brothers harmonies, and a caressing melody into Eastern-tinged dream-chamber-pop that's unique even for a band as committed to mixing sounds and moods as Deerhunter is. The band burns through Rainwater Cassette Exchange's first few tracks almost impatiently, making "Circulation"'s stretch from psych-punk to a sound collage reminiscent of the end of "I Am the Walrus" all the more satisfying. At five songs and 15 minutes long, Rainwater Cassette Exchange is a quick tour of what Deerhunter can do and how well they do it, and more proof the band's inspiration is at its peak.
Considering this newest EP from Deerhunter clocks in at just under fifteen minutes, it sure does try and fit a whole lot in. Taking off from where both of 2008's Microcastle and Weird Era Cont. left off, the newest set of material for Bradford Cox and Co.
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Rainwater Cassette Exchange seems to exist as a microcosm of Microcastle. All muscle and no fat, this EP builds on the last album’s diversions into taut, yet dreamy, pop music.
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Recent attendees of a Deerhunter show will surely have noted the piles of cassettes scattered over the merch stand. While selling their latest EP on an effectively obsolete format is mainly an arch reference to the titular exchange, it could also be seen as a tribute to the murky sound quality shared by both cheap [...]
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Experimental avant-garde collective Deerhunter will accompany the release of their new E. P 'Rainwater Cassette Exchange' with a tour of Europe it has been revealed. The release will hit digitally on May 18 and on CD and 12″ from June 8, 2009.
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Rainwater Cassette Exchange seems to exist as a microcosm of Microcastle. All muscle and no fat, this EP builds on the last album’s diversions into taut, yet dreamy, pop music.
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Hot on the heels of Microcastle comes this warmly welcomed 5 track EP from Webcuts favourite band.
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Considering this newest EP from Deerhunter clocks in at just under fifteen minutes, it sure does try and fit a whole lot in. Taking off from where both of 2008's Microcastle and Weird Era Cont. left off, the newest set of material for Bradford Cox and Co.
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Recent attendees of a Deerhunter show will surely have noted the piles of cassettes scattered over the merch stand. While selling their latest EP on an effectively obsolete format is mainly an arch reference to the titular exchange, it could also be seen as a tribute to the murky sound quality shared by both cheap [...]
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Well, Deerhunter are swiftly becoming this generation’s Pixies. Bradford Cox may not be the demented wordsmith that Frank Black once was, but there are definitely parallels. It’s not just the lyrical fixation on Biblical violence, the use of dynamics, or the theremin in “Famous Last Words.” It’s the compressed songwriting.Pop and its investers have always [...]
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Experimental avant-garde collective Deerhunter will accompany the release of their new E. P 'Rainwater Cassette Exchange' with a tour of Europe it has been revealed. The release will hit digitally on May 18 and on CD and 12″ from June 8, 2009.
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