With his other venture, Atlas Sound, gearing up for a brand new studio album, Bradford Cox has confirmed the the obvious: Deerhunter is on a hiatus. According to Exlaim, the frontman made the announcement during what turned out to be the band’s final gig (for a while at least) at ATP New York last weekend.
If The Blueprint was the formula for raising one’s social status through the music industry, The Blueprint 3 is the model for aging gracefully once stardom has been obtained.
For its fourth studio album, Asobi Seksu will look to offer a fresh take on songs spanning the band’s career, replacing “sonic layer of guitars with beautiful new arrangements achieved mainly through the use of acoustic instruments.”
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Back in the late ’70s and early ’80s, if you were a Kiwi and a punker, you needed no introduction to The Clean.
Aside from making for one hell of a concept album, Hazards of Love also works as a synchronized piece of animation.