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DEERHUNTER - Cryptograms
| TinyMixTapes | | In my perhaps naïve and youthfully transgressive opinion, I feel that if your band is able to elicit knee-jerk grimaces of disgust and confusion from the general public, you’re probably doing something very right. After all, isn’t it better to garner strong reactions both positive and negative than lukewarm ones or, worse, nonexistent ones? ...full text |
| | PitchFork | | In Dennis Cooper's 1987 novel Closer, young George Miles gets totally fucked. Poor kid probably just wants to be loved-- either that or trip out on acid and live in Disneyland, whichever is more realistic-- but he falls prey to charlatans of all stripes. Old-fart perverts deface his flesh with loveless sexual violence. "Do you know what's inside that cute body of yours?" one asks, then comes brutally close to exposing the answers....full text |
| | PrefixMag | | Cryptograms is a tale of two days. The first day of recording, which birthed the album's first half, was desperate. The band had fallen on hard times while trying to crack the desired "ambient-garage" blueprint. It lurches along in bursts, confused and furious in equal measure. Encouraged by that result, the band came back for a second session....full text |
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