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| Label © |
Stickfigure |
| Release Year |
2005 |
| Length |
30:26 |
| Genre |
Art-Punk |
| Personal Star Rating [1-5] |
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| Ref# |
D-0087 |
| Bitrate |
~248 Kbps |
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| Info |
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1.
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N. Animals
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2:34
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2.
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Adorno
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4:36
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Tech School
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2:29
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4.
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Ponds
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2:50
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Language/Violence
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2:36
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6.
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Oceans
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3:47
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7.
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Basement
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2:59
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8.
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Young Layer
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2:19
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9.
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Death Drag
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6:16
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Review by Stewart Mason
The debut album by Atlanta new wave revivalists Deerhunter (officially untitled, but listed in the Stickfigure Records catalogue under the name "Turn It Up Faggot," a taunt the band claims was often directed at them during their early gigs) is a pleasant change from all the B-52s and Joy Division worship that goes on under that banner. In its place comes an aggressive blend of guitar skronk and rhythmic pummeling that's a direct descendent of fellow Georgians like the Method Actors and the early, aggressive side of Pylon. The five-piece band favors a squalling, echo-heavy sound that makes individual instruments and vocals nearly impossible to make out: the loudest sound to pierce through the murk is as likely to be a simple one-note piano part or thwacking hi-hat cymbal as anything else. The resulting mess of a sound is a take it or leave it affair that some listeners will find an impenetrable wash of noise. The intrepid who stick with it will find a compelling mix of dance-rock throb and noisy drones that sounds like a happy-feet cross between early Sonic Youth feedback squalls and the most krautrock-influenced and dance-oriented aspects of the Fall.
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