this video looks like it was shot in 1995

I would put "Helicopter" in the "Perfect Songs" category. Everything about that song is just so fucking wonderful.

this album is 100/100.

I'm revisiting albums of this past decade ... and this was the best album of 2010. Easily.

The closing hook on "desire lines" is epic. One of the best fades I've ever heard

Call me crazy, but I love the chords in Earthquake and Sailing. Dissonent and haunting. Really nice music.

Helicopter was definetly my fave for this album. The story behind that the lyrics to that song really struck me in a way I can't explain.

I Had never heard Deerhunter before I saw them at Bonnaroo 2011. I can honestly say, they were THE best performance of that entire festival (I'm including Arcade Fire on this list). They we're unbelievably good, and fell in love with their material after listening to their records at home.

Favourite track: He Would Have Laughed. Can't stop listening to it ...

the part in helicopter, where it breaks down and jumps into the chorus, thats the best part

Just recently listened to this album for the first time. I love it! The final track is amazing.

it's 2020 and i just found out this band. i'm SO in love wow. my favorites are sailing, helicopter and coronado. also am i the only one who thinks the album artwork is a lil creepy

STRONG 10 FOR MEEEEEEEEEEE

Shout-out to that sweet 2010 audio quality.

This album aged like fine wine

Bummed on how he didn't even mention Helicopter. Definitely deserves a nine

Helicopter and Desire Lines for me, Fanthony

This album is timeless

This album aged like wine

if only they had released more albums like this

Who the heck is this guy? ehe

I love love this album! I love Desire Lines.

ten years later, yeah its pretty nice

Love this album. Not sure I really understand the significance of the cover though, or even what I'm seeing. Is that a dwarf in drag?

OK NOW IT'S TIME FOR THEIR NEW 2019 ALBUM

just saw them live, went from not knowing who they were to being a huge fan in one night, they actually came to my small town in texas. bless you deerhunter for shining light on my shitty town, i love this band and this album :)

Damn this album is already this old? I just started listening to it this year

Dude, i totally agree with you. thank you for finding my words to describe the albums of my favorite band Deerhunter.

@Zvanunhoft yes.

@45nothings Hahaha. Sorry, dude. It's seriously not intentional.

AGREE. I can't get Desire Lines out of my head, it's soooo sweet! And the album has some kind of nostalgia always present, it's dark but somehow light. It's Deerhunter!!! they are the best!

@enyafreak2007 Hope you dig the LP! :-)

@mattdelhey It doesn't matter.

@TheWhiteNoiseNation I can see that a bit.

I've always read about Deerhunter but never gave them a listen...I'm going to have to check these guys out. Love your recommendations :-)

I like it. I love how deerhunter never make the same album but twice but always manage to push their sound in a fresh direction while always sounding like deerhunter. Coronado is my favorite song. It's one of a kind for them and has a lot of swagger.

They are currently playing this at Barnes & Noble surprisingly, heard Desire Lines over the speakers and was amazed, my favorite track on the album definitely

Great review.

@mgfoster no, not as psych. catchier and more straightforward. still trippy @ points, though.

@jumblejunkiemusic Jumbles! I had no clue you were a DHunt fan!!!

thank you for reviewing this anthonyyyy! glad i may (or may not) have influenced this interview via twitter (name's ivanetc there yooo) but i'm also glad you loved the album! it's really something special i find. fav deerhunter track has to be 'hazel st.' off of 'cryptograms' peeeeees

My needledrops

I can't get over how awesome revival is.

Excited to pick this up on my birthday tomorrow! I listened to it a few times on NPR and thoroughly enjoyed it, but I don't know if I'll like it more than Microcastle. Probably one of my favorite albums of all time.

ayyeee my boy Fantano reviewed it and I didn't know about it. I only discovered this album few weeks ago and I loved it.

This album kicked my ass and left me out to dry. Not in a bad way, love your reviews Anthony, you've given me over 30 newfound artists that I know love. Keep up the good work, sir.

Fantastic review of the album, very unbiased looking at their music not just comparing it to their previous music. You were very through and honest which is why I subscribe. Also didn't anyone else hear some major Velvet Underground influence especially on Memory Boy and Fountain stairs, maybe it's just me though. I love this album

@goodrob1985 It doesn't exist.

@theGodofDeath Thank you kindly. :-)

Hey melon. Finally got around to listening to this. It's real good. 8/10 is fair.

I had no clue what this band was about before picking up this album. The first track caught my attention so fast through its channeling of Slowdive...or any old group from the 4AD label (where this album comes from!). From then on, there is a lot of similarities to Grizzly Bear, in my opinion, yet not as dreary. It's catchy and even a little Prog in the process. The song, "Helicopter," is severely touching when listening while reading the liner notes story accompanying it. Love it, 9/10.

@BEEmioAMICO Go for it, bro.

wow classic needle drop!

Fountain Stairs is great

sailing was my favorite track

Sailing is the greatest song on that album

Another great review ! I thought it was dead on ! ......of course I am really enjoying the album too :)

earthquake is the most thrilling part of the album in my opinion

Just put this on after maybe a 5-year gap = still hits the brain's pleasure center just as much as the very first few spins. Fantastic production holds up. Songwriting is a given. Remains a "low-flying" indie rock/psych classic...

sailing helicopter and he would have laughed are incredible

I felt that way once after listening to Grinspoon at the Big Day Out. They were the first gig I saw that day, but they blew everything else out of the water (including the Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Killers). I'm loving their music now.

@littlebilly666 No doubt, i saw them live and they played that shit, melted my face off while dropping my concept of self into a metaphysical void yo. They're sound is so much BIGGER and dimensional to hear live it changes everything.

One of the best albums of the year. I would have given it a 9, also I loved 'He Would Have Laughed' It had so much emotion in it.

revival n desire lines tops

The Deerhunter show at the Music Box Hollywood was absolutely brilliant. Check em out when they come to your town. You won't be disappointed. My fave from the new cd is Desire Lines. Awesome tune!

I can see what you're talking about with the 'feel' gone from Microcastle and Cryptograms. The ambience isn't as prominent. But damn do I love this album

Really Cool Review mr. needledrop

This latest Deerhunter album is actually the first mateiral I have ever heard by Deerhunter. I must live under a rock or something. I really dug this album. It was different than I thought it would sound. I guess for some odd reason I thought Deerhunter would sound like Interpol. Don't get me wrong, I do like Interpol a lot but Deerhunter doesn't sound anything like Interpol. They're much more chill than Interpol. Every song on the album is like a new adventure; a bit experimental. I dig it.

I can see what you're talking about with the 'feel' gone from Microcastle and Cryptograms. The ambience isn't as prominent. But damn do I love this album, Coronado is easily my favorite. Desire lines is pretty close too

For overall deerhunter songs I personally appreciate spring hall convert the best, but that's only at this point, it changes every time i listen to an album by them.

earthquake

Thats amazing! When I first heard he would have laughed I wasn't able to do anything else and spent the next four hours listening to it over and over

Love Desire Lines, reminds me of nothing ever happened, epic track

Basement Scene and Desire Lines go so hard

could someone guide me in the right direction to start with deerhunter?

I can't get past Earthquake, it's too good. I've barely listened to the rest of the album because of it.

Wonderful album, never heard anything like it

Coronado >>> All

Start with Microcastle. Then go with HD. You should try Atlas Sound's Parallax too.

How dare you speak ill of “He should have laughed”!

Man, you definitely got taste and good judgement, giving just a strong 8 to this album. Even if it's a great great one, I miss more psychodelic stuff.

coronado is just where it's at

Anthony, what form of black magic is this sexy music you call The Soft Powers?! I can't stop dancing!

Yeah I saw them last night and just like @Writermo1 I've got to say it was just unbelievably spectacular. If you haven't experienced it yet I'd definitely put it on a list of things to do. The songs are much more in-your face seen live, Cox does excellent delivery on every aspect from singing to vocal harmonies weaved into ambiance. It was 5 hours I wish I could revisit

This guy has some seriously nice teeth. Maybe the best? Cool seeing his similar style throughout even these old reviews

coronado was the best new song ive heard this year. and this is so far, my album of 2010

i loike your reviews man... greetings from sPAIN

it's been ten years!

THANK YOU AGAIN, YOU ROCK, IM DRUNK, FOREVER

@TheWhiteNoiseNation Trues the first two chords are the same but then is purely Deerhunter.

i miss these reviews.

Young Melon

I met Bradford Cox, great man.

Man, I totally watch these reviews as a social justification that the music i like is actually good.

oh Coronado!

@00Sylliboy Spot on. That track is definitely my favorite due to this.

If I hadn't heard Microcastle or RCE I'd probably be way more into this album. I was really hoping for some change of direction, especially when I watched an interview where Bradford said that they'd 'Spunk's the pop cock dry' but it's just more of the same. Bradford's 'dreamy' voice is really wearing on me now, which is why I easily like Desire Lines the most. Lockett's vocals are brilliant.

This album is 12 years old fml.

ha I actually watched the whole review and waited for the score rather than jumping down into the dbox...I was listening to this thing on npr pretty much the whole day...loving it and thinking el Pitchfork are gonna BNM it for sure...definitely agree that the experimentation is much more an organic part of the songs...you can buzz out and singalong at the same time...fav Deerhunter track may still be Spring Hall Convert though I really really liked Revival when I first heard it :)

Desire lines hands down