STILL SINGLE

A space for thoughts on music and culture, as written by Doug Mosurock and a select handful of individuals. This is intended as a supplement to our regular feature Still Single, published on Dusted Magazine. Updates will run here more frequently, and may feature writing on music not covered in the column. Compact discs are still not accepted for review -- we have more than enough vinyl and the occasional cassette to worry about.

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September 7, 2009

Deerhunter – “Vox Celeste 5” b/w “Microcastle Mellow 3” 7” (Sub Pop)

Deerhunter 7"

Not sure how some of these newer releases in the Singles Club (looking Thee Oh Sees, and Tyvek, specifically) managed to get away with providing barrel-scraping outtakes for their release. One would expect the same of Deerhunter, who here offer alternate mixes from the Microcastle/Weird Era Continued sessions, but I gotta say, even though this isn’t a band I listen to a lot, they have a knack for writing a really catchy melody, and that talent is very much on display here. This take of “Vox Celeste” buries Bradford Cox’s vocals into a multi-tracked haze, itself becoming another instrument in this sumptuous, plangent pop song. The acoustic take of “Microcastle” is fittingly B-side material, but is as pleasant a comedown as you could hope for on such a release. 1500 copies, yellow marbled vinyl. I like this band alright, pretty sure Andy Earles hates ‘em. Maybe someday we’ll get a Siskel & Ebert type show to do this sort of thing in real time. You’d like that, wouldn’t you. (http://www.subpop.com)
(Doug Mosurock)

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