TRACK: Deerhunter // Rainwater Cassette Exchange

TRACK REVIEW: Deerhunter – Rainwater Cassette Exchange
words: Jamie Milton

It’s a lot of fun being a Deerhunter fan. You only have wait a good six months or so before they update your collection with something fresh, giving your music a well-deserved spring cleaning. The character of Bradford Cox suggests that he has a big work-rate and a whole lot of stamina when it comes to songwriting, and the quick-fire release of ‘Weird Era Cont.’ next to an album it arguably exceeded in terms of quality, ‘Microcastle’, went to show how active Deerhunter were. You can’t seem to spend a month without hearing at least something new about work in progress, a change in sound (something more Strokes-esque has been suggested recently…).

‘Rainwater Cassette Exchange’ is the third release by the band in the last 6-7 months, albeit much shorter than the last two records. The title-track displays a firm stance on the previously-endeavoured, more streamlined, less abstract Deerhunter sound. Cox’s vocals are perfectly tuned and timed to give the track that extra boost it clearly cries out for. Smart guitar work akin to that on ‘Microcastle’’s first half returns in full flow, and whilst this would easily stand out on last year’s breakthrough release, it does nothing to suggest an element of change. But, avoiding the cliched catchphrase, why change something that appears to be flawless?

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mp3: Deerhunter – Rainwater Cassette Exchange (zshare)

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