April 17, 2009

New Deerhunter - "Rainwater Cassette Exchange"

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Generous to a fault Bradford Cox has a new EP and this time it's out on Kranky instead of Blogspot. Rainwater Cassette Exchange was recorded with Microcastle engineer Nicolas Vernhes in Brooklyn this past February and starting today they're giving away its vaguely tropical sounding title track.

Deerhunter - "Rainwater Cassette Exchange" (MP3)

Tracklist:
01 "Rainwater Cassette Exchange"
02 "Disappearing Ink"
03 "Famous Last Words"
04 "Game of Diamonds"
05 "Circulation"

Rainwater Cassette Exchange is out digitally 5/18 and as CD or vinyl (but not cassette, apparently) in your local Sam Goody 6/8.

Posted at 2:07 PM by Scott in Album Art, MP3
Tags: Bradford Cox | Deerhunter

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14 Comments

song rocks, ep will be great too

Posted by: j0shsm1th

at 04/17/09 3:43 PM | Reply
Score = 4

Link is broken. Actual link: http://stereogum.com/mp3/Deerhunter%20-%20Rainwater%20Cassette%20Exchange.mp3

Posted by: Josh at 04/17/09 3:46 PM | Reply
Score = 1

Cheers.

Posted by: Jarvillian

in reply to Josh's comment at 04/18/09 10:43 AM | Reply
Score = 0

I can't wait. Everything they put out is pure quality greatness.

Posted by: monsterBL

at 04/17/09 4:30 PM | Reply
Score = 5

Sounds like Bradford has been listening to MPP . . .

Posted by: qwerty at 04/17/09 7:14 PM | Reply
Score = -1

I don't really hear the Animal Collective influence - this sounds more like it's tapping into those reverby, melancholy 1960s ballads that songs like Twilight at Carbon Lake on their last album hinted at.

Posted by: Richie at 04/17/09 7:57 PM | Reply
Score = 1

I agree. Whoever compared this to Animal Collective is being lazy. Sounds like Beach Boys or Girl Groups on benzos.

Posted by: David at 04/17/09 8:54 PM | Reply
Score = 1

The comparison is not that lazy. I read that he mentioned AC's MPP as an influence.

Posted by: Fredo in reply to David's comment at 04/18/09 9:18 AM | Reply
Score = 0

The comparison to Animal Collective isn't lazy http://pitchfork.com/news/35001-5-10-15-20-bradford-cox/. Bradford said that is what he is listening to these days.

Posted by: qwerty in reply to David's comment at 04/18/09 9:49 AM | Reply
Score = 0

aw man, bonnie prince billy has more comments than an excellent deerhunter song. thats too bad.

Posted by: Oceania

at 04/17/09 10:23 PM | Reply
Score = 0

this is forgettable shit

Posted by: sux at 04/17/09 10:46 PM | Reply
Score = -13

I've been listening to this song on repeat for about an hour now. Too damn good. I love the little Carol Kaye-like surf bass on the verses.

The demo of 'Game of Diamonds' was great and 'Disappearing Ink' is already a monster in their live show, so I can't wait for studio versions of both of those tracks.

Posted by: Paper Werewolf

at 04/18/09 1:49 AM | Reply
Score = 1

Kind of groping around,,,doesn't have the natural pop instincts to really get it all the way there...Animal Collective are doing it at a very high level right now...I don't think they're so easy to copy...I hope nobody takes Pitchfork TOO seriously...

Posted by: Chain Letter Ram Revolver at 04/18/09 10:49 AM | Reply
Score = -3

this is the worst track on the EP!

Posted by: sssss at 04/22/09 10:54 PM | Reply
Score = 0