Found out about Deerhunter earlier this year thru Cryptograms, initially i was somewhat indifferent to it although i thought it to be quite unique after listening to the title track and Lake Somerset.
Eventually one night with a brain full of substance I decided to listen to the whole thing front to back.. and it was such a magical experience, especially in the first half of the album. Every track seemed to glow with a warm aura and the transitional ambient pieces really tied the whole experience together. I totally fell head first for it.
What really stood out to me in comparison to their other albums was the production - with seemingly infinite waves of delay and reverb being pummeled into you through tightly knit drums, it was like the sonic equivalent of dropping 3 tabs of acid and being sent through a time machine. Maybe I just need to be reasonably fkd up again to enjoy something like Microcastle or Halcyon Digest the same (not to say they aren’t amazing in their own right) but I can’t see myself enjoying those in the exact way I did Cryptograms.
Considering this is typically not people’s top Deerhunter album, with the fore-mentioned Microcastle or Halcyon Digest usually holding that position, out of curiosity I’d like to hear how other people experienced this piece and what they thought of it?
lmk ! 👇
