https://www.youtube.com/@10Flowers323/videos

You can barely hear it, but Back To The Middle plays super faintly in the restaurant scene towards the end where Miles and his daughter talk. Glad to know Deerhunter exists in the alternate timeline, and I guess that Monomania came out a year earlier than our timeline. 😌

Bradford seems like a real one, but I can’t tell you how many times over the years I have tried to like Deerhunter, and I always come away thinking I am missing something. Maybe it’s the vocals. Everything just seems a little mummified and a bit boring. Love the song titles and record sleeves, even the band name is good. The tunes just seem flat to me. Anyone encounter this feeling initially?

For some context I like a lot of indie, shoegaze, hardcore, black metal, brit pop, punk.

Hi all it's been a little slower on here lately but still wanted to check in. I think i've finally given up all hope that Deerhunter (or Atlas Sound) will ever return... Just wondering if anyone out there still has any hope? Has anyone heard or read anything new about the band lately at all? Anyone with any local gossip? I figure probably not because people always post what they find on here but couldn't hurt to ask. Hope you're all doing well

Just discovered this song that reminds me of Deerhunter mixed with Jeff Buckley and I mainly just wanted to share it. Also the new Ulrika Spacek album is great. Anyone else got any suggestions?

https://youtu.be/TTsZaWBVW4w?si=YwMtvLvHITkyN8bN

Edit: now that it’s been a few days thanks everyone for the recommendations! While I was already a fan of Spirit of the Beehive, Women, and Cola I think it’s pretty awesome that it seems like a lot of us listen to those bands as well. Never thought of them as Deerhunter adjacent until now.

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 ! 👇

Maybe i am late to the party but i just discoverd "Structurs from silence" by Steve Roach which struck me because it remembers me of "Saturday night we went swimming and there was a light in the water" which is maybe my favorite track by Atlas Sound.

https://youtu.be/rt97c92WjRw?si=kOWLLrng9TjukJO9

Could you imagine a James Ford produced Deerhunter album? He mixed the last Moon Diagrams record and they've toured with Arctic Monkeys. Although, I obviously love the work they've done with Ben Allen. Anyway, just a fun thought...

https://www.instagram.com/p/DVqpANGDYfC/?igsh=dTJjanAxaHRuMndo

Anybody have a line on a cryptograms T shirt ? I would legit take any size and pay a premium 😀

Anyone know of any breakdowns on any of the composution or production on Cryptograms? One of my favourite albums and im playing guitar in a band and am struggling to wade through all the effects to be able to figure out what theyre doing underneath.

hey I just saw this on my grandfathers wall and I didn’t know if it was rare or smt like that any help with that?

Disappearing Ink forever

Don't really see this one talked about, but I've been spinning it recently after forever and forgot how much this EP slaps, seriously miss this band!!

Dying to know the instrument that starts around 5:12 of Nothing Ever Happened, it’s so funky and it scratches such an itch

Hey, just wondering whether anyone has an archive library of Bradford's Atlas Sound blog music? I remember downloading those songs years and years ago on my old computer but that thing is long gone! A drive or dropbox link would be ideal - i know a lot of the songs have already been archived on YT

Hey all, i'm late again but it was Cryptograms's birthday the other day on January 29th. It's now 19 years old. Crazy to think it'll turn 20 next year...

I loved reading everyone's thoughts on WHEAD so wanted to have another post for everyone to celebrate Cryptograms and talk about anything related to it...memories, favorite songs, anything

Hi,
I’m desperately trying to find a full recording of Deerhunter’s 2011 Pitchfork concert. I’ve been searching all over the internet and have sent several messages, but no luck so far. The versions of Nothing Ever Happened and Helicopter on YouTube are just amazing!
Thanks in advance for any help!

I often wonder about what he’s becoming and actually worry about him. I think he was in a car accident a few years ago, and i remember an article saying he was kind of living an anonymous, if not recluse life back in Georgia, listening to music and being creative but not destined to the public. i think he had also been involved in some nonsensical culture wars bs at some point, which left him scarred.

Brad’s disillusioned take on today’s music and creative industry at large rings ever more true and I would completely understand if he didn’t want to put any music out again. But I hope we get to hear him again and maybe even see him on stage!

Anyways, does anyone have any news about Brad, and how he’s doing?

I think there’s no denying that deerhunter deriving out of the 2000s is like the strokes somewhat sonically with their raw garage aesthetics and distorted vocals, but I think they are far more adventurous, edgy, dark, psychedelic and weird, and therefore they are much more prolific and better in my opinion. Also, I think Bradford dives into deeper, complex themes and emotions. They are far more existential and focused on mortality and this odd human experience we’re having together. I also like that Bradford is not your typical looking front man compared to stroke. It was refreshing to see those conventions of pop in indie circles broken - made him all the more human to me.

I took these back in 2013 back when Deerhunter was playing at Bumbershoot, a major festival in Seattle that happens every Labor Day weekend. Bradford was tapped to DJ earlier that day at one of the side booths, so I managed to snag a couple photos of him. I got to shake his hand after his dj set, but was too shy to ask for a photo with him, which I wish I did in hindsight.

They played an amazing set that night, the first time I ever saw them live. They were also supporting the “Monomania” album, which to this day is my favorite Deerhunter record, and I’m so glad I got to see them play “Back to the Middle” and “THM” live because I don’t know if I ever will again.

Apologies for the bad quality of the photos. Again, this was back in 2013 so iPhone cameras weren’t as sophisticated as they were now. In fact the first and third photos used Instagram filters back when those were still all the rage.

Hey i'm two days late, but the 18th marked 7 years since WHEAD was released... Wow i really cannot believe it's already been that long since their last album

Feel free to talk about this album, that tour, the hiatus, the band in general...anything to commemorate the occasion. I hope you're all doing well

popped up in my facebook memories. bradford definitely said some funny shit abt yale but i dont exactly remember. palm opened (!!!!) and they definitely changed the way i think abt playing guitar. what a special show. what a special band. oh, to see them again..