Technically Deerhoof’s first Offend Maggie single was the “Fresh Born” sheet music, but you get to hear the band themselves in this clip of the album’s opening jam in Tokyo this past June. it’s a taut song, Greg Saunier pounding away on the drums, per usual, while the guitarists synchronize themselves and work as an angular (but crunchy) rhythmic backdrop for Satomi’s bass and vocalizations. “Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go, green valley…”


(Via P4K.tv)

One thing: that main riff reminds me of this, minus the girls crying in the audience. (Right, if they only knew then what we — and maybe Out doesn’t? — know now.)

Offend Maggie is out 10/07 via Kill Rock Stars. Deerhoof will soon be out on the road:

10/03 – Los Angeles @ Avalon *
10/04 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall *
10/06 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom ^!
10/07 – Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s ^!
10/09 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge ^!
10/11 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird ^!
10/13 – Omaha, NE @ The Slowdown ^%
10/14 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue ^%
10/15 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall ^%
10/16 – Bloomington, IN @ Buskirk Chumley Theater ^%
10/17 – Chicago, IL @ Metro ^#
10/18 – Pontiac, MI @ Crofoot Ballroom ^#
10/21 – New York, NY @ Spiegeltent
10/22 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza ^#
10/23 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East ^#
10/24 – Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street ^#
10/25 – Philadelphia, PA @ Starlight Ballroom ^#
10/26 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ^#
10/28 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle ^#
10/29 – Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle ^#
10/30 – Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge ^#
10/31 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club ^#
11/01 – Orlando, FL @ The Social ^#
11/02 – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar ^#
11/05 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues ^#
11/06 – Houston, TX @ Numbers ^#
11/07 – Dallas, TX @ Granada ^@
11/08 – Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/10 – El Paso, TX @ Club 101 ^+
11/12 – Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress ^+
11/13 – Tempe, AZ @ The Clubhouse ^+

* w/ Okay, Happy Hollows
^ w/ Experimental Dental School
! w/ Coconut
% w/ Au
# w/ Flying
@ w/ Hawnay Troof
+ w/ KIT