On 12th September this year, Deerhunter of Atlanta, Georgia spent a night in New York recording ‘Timebends’, a 12-minute opus that is released digitally today.
A separate entity to their eighth studio album Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared? ‘Timebends’ is a partly improvised stream-of-consciousness outpouring. Recorded live direct to tape and in one take with minimal overdubs and mastered using a completely analogue signal chain, ‘Timebends’ recalls Deerhunter’s early avant-garde recordings and reaffirms their position as one of this generation’s most dynamic live acts.
Deerhunter
‘Timebends’ [12.38]
Bradford Cox – Guitar, Clavinet, Vocals
Lockett Pundt – Guitar, Poly Ensemble Synth
Josh McKay – Bass, Omni Synth
Javier Morales – Piano, Celeste
Moses Archuleta – Drums
Emilio Zef China – Violin
“The best indie rock band in the US.” The Guardian
“One of today’s great American bands… Some of Deerhunter’s prettiest songs to date.” Uncut 8/10
“One of the great guitar bands of the 21st century, with a catalog full of wild highs, deep sorrows, searing rages, and precisely zero bad albums. Their eighth LP continues that streak.” Rolling Stone
“Their poppiest, most direct album yet.” Q ****
“Solid-gold tunes.” MOJO ****
“This is how you turn pop into art.” NME ****
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