Deerhunter reportedly worked on as many 250 tracks while composing their latest album, and eventually whittled that list down to 12 for Monomania. The record is out on May 7 through 4AD, and you can stream the results now on Exclaim.ca.
The album finds the Bradford Cox-led band moving away from the atmospheric, ambience-filled sound that has previously been their bread and butter and embracing their inner rockers. The uncharacteristically hard-hitting and immediate album is filled with upbeat, scrappy rock songs ranging from the jaggedly fuzzed-out "Leather Jacket II" to the cow-punk hop-skip of "Pensacola" and the "Bohemian Rhapsody"-quoting bar rock of "Dream Captain."
Monomania has some slightly quieter moments, most notably the space-folk mood piece "Nitebike." For the most part, however, this is an unexpectedly fun, raucous party record.
Dig in below.
The album finds the Bradford Cox-led band moving away from the atmospheric, ambience-filled sound that has previously been their bread and butter and embracing their inner rockers. The uncharacteristically hard-hitting and immediate album is filled with upbeat, scrappy rock songs ranging from the jaggedly fuzzed-out "Leather Jacket II" to the cow-punk hop-skip of "Pensacola" and the "Bohemian Rhapsody"-quoting bar rock of "Dream Captain."
Monomania has some slightly quieter moments, most notably the space-folk mood piece "Nitebike." For the most part, however, this is an unexpectedly fun, raucous party record.
Dig in below.