People are rightfully enjoying Microcastle, Deerhunter’s Heasley-eque followup to 2006′s Cryptograms. Most of us have seen and heard most of it, but you might not have all the facts or artwork. For instance, access iTunes: the leak had a couple of track titles conflicts (“Intro” is “Cover Me (Slowly),” while “These Hands” is “Neither Of Us, Uncertainly”). it was recorded in one week at Rare Book Studios in Brooklyn with Nicolas Verhes. The band was the four-piece of Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt, Joshua Fauver, and Moses Archuleta. Also, it’s Lockett singing on “Agoraphobia.” He also takes lead on “Neither Of Us, Uncertainly.” Additionally, “Saved By Old Times” is a vocal collage by the Black Lips’ Cole Alexander, childhood pal of Bradford. To nobody’s surprise, the first single’s “Nothing Ever Happened” (b/w a demo version of “Little Kids”). Speaking of demos, Bradford just posted a new Deerhunter demo at the band’s multi-purpose blog. You can listen while you look at the Microcastle album art and tracklist.
SIDE A
01 “Cover Me (Slowly)”
02 “Agoraphobia”
03 “Never Stops”
04 “Little Kids”
05 “Microcastle”
06 “Calvary Scars”
07 “Green Jacket”
08 “Activa”
SIDE B
09 “Nothing Ever Happened”
10 “Saved By Old Times”
11 “Neither Of Us, Uncertainly”
12 “Twilight At Carbon Lake”
Now, something not on Microcastle.
Bradford explains:
Here is a demo I made for a new Deerhunter song. This version is just me but it will be a Deerhunter song as soon as I see them tomorrow night at practice. Lockett is in Mexico. I bought the loudest amp possible. It’s an old Univox head.
You can read more about “Game Of Diamonds” at the Deerhunter blog.
Microcastle is out 10/28 in North America via Kranky and via 4AD in the rest of the universe. Bradford and pals are also heading out on tour with Nine Inch Nails. Dates without NIN in October and November TBA soon.
07/31 – Mt. Pleasant, SC @ The Village Tavern
08/01 – Norfolk, VA @ The Boot
08/03 – Brooklyn, NY @ McCarren Park Pool %
08/05 – Toronto, Ontario @ Air Canada Centre $
08/06 – Buffalo, NY @ Big Orbit’s Soundlab
08/07 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena $
08/08 – Worcester, MA @ DCU Center $
08/09 – Lancaster, PA @ The Sugar Tank
08/10 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks
08/11 – Morgantown, WV @ 123 Pleasant Street
08/12 – Knoxville, TN @ Knoxville Civic Coliseum $
08/13 – Duluth, GA @ Gwinnett Arena $
09/02 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheater $
09/03 – Salt Lake City, UT @ E Center $
09/05 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena $
09/06 – Inglewood, CA @ The Forum $
% with Black Lips, King Khan and the Shrines, Tall Firs
$ with Nine Inch Nails
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It’s a mystery to me why their management is waiting until 10/28. It’s a fantastic album that I would pop $15 now for the cd or FLAC files and evangelize to all my friends to actually plunk down cold hard cash for. Who knows if I will three months from now? It’s not like by waiting they are going to goose some giant first week soundscan number. Bizarre. And are they really not going to sell the cd at all the nine inch nail shows (hopefully they are not THAT stupid)? Sounds like their advisers/management might want to rethink this one.
I agree with you — they should release it soon — but I think the point was to have the album come out around Halloween.
agree
what dean said
Yeah… it should be released earlier. Or at least available for pre-order which includes a high quality MP3 version available now. Great album.
I think its kind of fucked up to assume that since some one stole their music and put it on the internet that they should just drop everything and rush it out. bradford has said in interviews that he was very specific about the halloween release date. i don’t think it has anything to do with soundscans. personally, i think it would be a crassly commercial and frankly, a pussy-ish move to shove it out in the marketplace to try and sop up the damage of a leak. i think the band and their labels have yet to even acknowledge that it leaked.
i hope the cover you all have in your sidebar is the real one because the 4ad one sucks. their similar covers were cool 15-20 years ago, but now they’re bland an unexciting.
agreed. the cover of Cryptograms was way more interesting..
considering Cox is such an avid visual artist you’d think he’d want a more.. captivating album cover.
wait.. isn’t the album on Kranky, not 4AD? maybe yer thinking of Atlas Sound?
whatever. i really love this band.
they’re on 4ad in euro disney, young squire
God forbid anyone should wrongfully enjoy an album.
Album art is hoorrrible
Give us a reason to Buy the album !