Deerhunter - Microcastle
 

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1 Introduction
2 Agoraphobia
3 Never Stops
4 Little Kids
5 Microcastle
6 Calvary Scars
7 Green Jacket
8 Activa
9 Nothing Ever Happened
10 Saved by Old Times
11 These Hands
12 Twilight at Carbon Lake

Gave it a solid vote. Nowhere as good as it's hype but it does grow on you. I can think of a dozen albums this year I like better.

didn't they release a full length just a year ago?

I've only listened to it once but I really liked it. It definitely has some great high points.

Yeah, it's really good. It's like Another Green World colliding with Warehouse: Songs and Stories or something.

"Nothing Ever Happened" is probably my favorite song by them. I think the new album is "amazing".

I saw them in Brooklyn on Sunday. Calvalry Scars live was incredible.

I can't find this album anywhere online.

Solid imo.
Listened to it only once though. I think it'll only get better.
Who gives a **** about their 'pitchfork' status. The last time i used that site was...umm...i don't even remember using that site.

People get so irritated by Pitchfork, its really funny.

I find it has the opposite effect everyone thinks it does. When they highly rate an album, everyone laments that Pitchfork rated it too high and makes it their goal to say its mediocre, and then promote some other band Pitchfork didnt rate as high.


I think Pitchfork is a great tool to discover new music. Not infallible, but then again, contrary to popular belief on this forum, nobody ever said they were.

i gave it a solid
I was thoroughly impressed by it

Tried this album twice. Still think it was just average, with more time spent wishing for the next track instead of actually enjoying it. Not sure why all this hype is going down.

ahh i want this

i have been listening to this a lot recently. it took a few listens but now i think its grrrrrrrrrrrrrreat. i found weird era cont. and that kicks ass too.

I've found myself listening to Weird Era more than Microcastle lately, although I still think Microcastle's better. Still, "VHS Tape", "Focus Group", "Slow Swords" and "Cavalry Scars II" are all awesome.

Was just introduced to this band a couple days ago. It's definatley solid.

I have had this a week...It grows better each time I listen...Mine also came with an extra CD called The Weird Era Continued...I haven't listened to that yet.

I've gotten into Bradford James Cox projects lately. This album is pretty good, calls for repeat listens.

Atlas Sound is really good too, it just takes a while to get into. It's a very sleepy album.

It's weak compared to everything else Cox has done. I feel that it is basically a load of rubbish. I spent a good while trying to like this CD, but it's just plain weak. It might have the ideas, but it lacks the songs. Hence why I'd much rather listen to Deerhunter.

I can see where you're coming from, it does lack the songs, theres only 3 or 4 "songs" that I like on the album. I really enjoy the sound of the entire album though. I embrace it more as one long mood piece.

Supposovely "Logos", the follow up to "Let the Blind Lead those who can See..." is more straightforward and alot better. I'm excited.

kinda like cryptograms > microcastle?
if so, im definitely excited.

Don't get your hopes up, trace. If you're expecting anything superb, you'll be in for a disappointment. Mircocastle, Weird Era Cont and Fluorescent Grey EP completely trounce any Atlas Sound record in terms of overall standard.

did you like cryptograms?

Somewhat, yes. It's old style Deerhunter, though. They seem to have ditched a lot of the purely ambient soundscape-based ideas that were at the forefront of Cryptograms. The album got better towards the end, where, with songs like Heatherwood and Hazel St., they began to exhibit something more akin to the template they would come to adopt on later records.

On the whole, though, I find much of the non-song elements of Cryptograms to be boring, and for me this sets it apart as a weaker record.

I think the album is solid. It was one of my favorites from '08.

I thought this album was great. They've grown since 'Cryptograms' and it shows. The first 20 minutes of cryptograms was great to me though. Deerhunter's album are meant for headphones and to be listened to in one sitting. If you listen to this album multiple times it gets better also.

Terrific stuff. Love it. EXCELLENT.

I was skeptical at first, since along with the good press always comes vitriolic blogging designed to put one off the band or album in question. Luckily, I enjoyed this immensely. On my list of favourite recent music (2008 is still recent), this comes in below the new Animal Collective, but above the recent debut solo album "Fever Ray," for which there curiously doesn't yet seem to be a thread here. . .