Deerhunter - Halycon Digest

http://halcyondigest.com/

Can't wait for this - love deerhunter.

fucking reply people - this shit is awesome

I like them, don't love them. But will check out the new one.

looooooooove can't wait to hear this!

I've been playing Deerhunter a lot lately, they get better and better with time and for me are more durable than Atlas Sound. Also some nice freebie news here (scroll down a tad) if you don't already know about it. The new single's pretty nice, and the unused demo tracks are not too bad at all as their ambient pieces go.

Yeah their two singles don't sound bad at all - I really cannot wait for this album!!

i liked that one album cover, cryptograms or something? but thats as far as i got. maybe ill give em a whirl. i have been in a new discovery mode lately for things i left aside at some point.

love em

this leaked. it's very very good.

i almost got this today. whats it like?

it's a pop album. if you liked where microcastle was going then you'll probably like it. if you're hoping they return to cryptograms (a weak album imo) style ambient rock, you'll be disappointed. helicopter, desire lines and earthquake are the highlights for me, but i'm sure some of the other tracks will grow on me. there are a couple duds (sailing is bradford solo and it's about three minutes longer than it needs to be) but overall i think it's their most cohesive album.

  On 9/16/2010 at 5:37 AM, remy marathe said:

it's a pop album. if you liked where microcastle was going then you'll probably like it. if you're hoping they return to cryptograms (a weak album imo) style ambient rock, you'll be disappointed. helicopter, desire lines and earthquake are the highlights for me, but i'm sure some of the other tracks will grow on me. there are a couple duds (sailing is bradford solo and it's about three minutes longer than it needs to be) but overall i think it's their most cohesive album.

yeah this is me I guess. I was never a big fan of Microcastle, even the tracks that I loved from that album (ex -nothing ever happened) were the ones that sounded like Cryptograms.

Ive only listened to Halycon Digest once and I am a bit disappointed on my first listen. "Desire Lines" is great though.

i still prefer atlas sound to deerhunter. but even then, i'm more in the pop/logos camp then the ambient/let the blind... camp. i think bradford cox is probably the best songwriter working today, but some quality control would be nice on these albums. i still don't think his solo stuff or his band stuff has produced a truly great record.

what's a good deerhunter album to start with?

i started with cryptograms. honestly i think its just ok, nothing i was dying to keep going back to. i didnt spend a lot of time on microcastles.

i think i like the atlas sound record better as well but only really half of it. the best song on the record for me is the one with panda though.

I am warming up to this. I only one I dont really like is "Sailing". I usually skip that one

"Desire Lines" is a jam.

i agree. i hate that sax on the 2nd to last track. i just cant stop seeing images of night court when i hear it

  On 10/8/2010 at 5:59 AM, ieafs said:

sounds really good actually

 

i love cryptograms up until spring hall convert

wait, you don't like strange lights and hazel st? that's when the album actually gets listenable.

  On 10/8/2010 at 5:48 AM, jules said:

i agree. i hate that sax on the 2nd to last track. i just cant stop seeing images of night court when i hear it

whaaaaaaaaaaaaat that track (Coronado) was an instant fave. Great saxophone right there. the rest of the album is solid too.

I'd love to see Atlas Sound put out an entirely ambient album though (like the last track on Let the Blind lead...)

  On 10/9/2010 at 10:51 AM, ieafs said:

  On 10/9/2010 at 8:20 AM, LARRY said:

  On 10/8/2010 at 5:48 AM, jules said:

i agree. i hate that sax on the 2nd to last track. i just cant stop seeing images of night court when i hear it

 

whaaaaaaaaaaaaat that track (Coronado) was an instant fave. Great saxophone right there. the rest of the album is solid too.

 

I'd love to see Atlas Sound put out an entirely ambient album though (like the last track on Let the Blind lead...)

he released an EP of ambient stuff on the deerhunter blog a few years ago if you haven't heard that

 

http://deerhuntertheband.blogspot.com/2007/12/atlas-sound-weekend-ep.html

ah thank you I'll def check this out

Minor update, looks like Deerhunter will be on Conan tonight.

haven't got round to this yet. not a huge fan of deerhunter's floatier/noiser bullshit, loved the more poppy tunes on microcastle tho... saw them live at heaven earlier in the year and it was lovely. apparently this record's moved back into a floatier/noisier idiom, so i just haven't bothered to check it out. anyone wanna sell me on it?

  On 9/16/2010 at 5:37 AM, remy marathe said:

it's a pop album. if you liked where microcastle was going then you'll probably like it. if you're hoping they return to cryptograms (a weak album imo) style ambient rock, you'll be disappointed.

o wait, that's the opposite to what my housemate told me. maybe i'll listen after all.

  On 10/8/2010 at 5:48 AM, jules said:

i agree. i hate that sax on the 2nd to last track. i just cant stop seeing images of night court when i hear it

ROFLHARRIERSCHOPTAZ

if you like the poppier side of them then this album should be your favorite

  On 12/2/2010 at 5:02 PM, Iain C said:

haven't got round to this yet. not a huge fan of deerhunter's floatier/noiser bullshit, loved the more poppy tunes on microcastle tho... saw them live at heaven earlier in the year and it was lovely. apparently this record's moved back into a floatier/noisier idiom, so i just haven't bothered to check it out. anyone wanna sell me on it?

 

  On 9/16/2010 at 5:37 AM, remy marathe said:

it's a pop album. if you liked where microcastle was going then you'll probably like it. if you're hoping they return to cryptograms (a weak album imo) style ambient rock, you'll be disappointed.

 

o wait, that's the opposite to what my housemate told me. maybe i'll listen after all.

i don't know what your roommate is talking about. maybe he's listening to the wrong album. they were playing this at a barnes and noble the other day, lol, it's not noisy.