Atlas Sound: Criminals

words: Jamie Milton

Here comes the overstatement of the day: Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox is the single, most important modern musician of our time, today. Right now, he is producing fantastic work after fantastic work and his reputation is in the mean time, growing at such a pace that people are genuinely curious about his personal life, his upbringing and what his future holds.

But ‘Logos’, a quick-fire release only months after his band’s ‘Rainwater Cassette Exchange’ EP, is anything but personal. Granted, he graces the abstract cover of the album nude, lost, face immersed in a bright light. But the fact that you don’t see everything suggests that something’s being hidden. Cox embraces previously unfounded territories on ‘Logos’, removing abstract instrumental parts from his records and replacing them with epic, nine-minute-long electronic adventures. On ‘Criminals’ however, you find the most Deerhunter-esque song on the record, one that might have found itself sitting pretty on 2008’s ‘Microcastle’. The chord sequence is basic yet infectious, and the feel good factor makes up for the slight amount of repetition that occurs. It strikes you from the off as something untouchable, and the absolute standout on the record.

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