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Deerhunter - Agoraphobia I live sturdy Pompeii. I lust long at the market. From a distance. Behind buildings. Beneath blanket, skin, and sinew. I squint (and lust long at market). I live within dead room to live sturdy Pompeii. With never response. With never linger. Where each word, each breath and part-me plummets leaden to the floor, a silent tenfold-gravity that amputates my toes. Where all those scattered part-me - word, breath, and every - squint (and lust long). And I, shuffling toeless between [...]

via The Decibel Tolls The last album on my chrono-ordered list, Deerhunter's Microcastle/Weird Era Cont. was probably the biggest surprise for me this year. I'd never been a huge fan of Deerhunter because, well, I didn't really get them. I liked Atlas Sound a lot, which I discovered earlier in the year , but I never got around to liking Cryptograms , the last Deerhunter album (I'm going to give it an honest try over the next few days). Then again, I used to [...]

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ALBUM: Deerhunter - Microcastle words: Jamie Milton Last year's release of 'Cryptograms' was an understated gem in many places, yet ignored in other territories. The hypnotic, original take on abstraction warded off many trespassers to a new blend of sounds that perhaps, some hadn't come across before. Some even dismissed 'Cyrptograms'' heavy-distortion approach to be a sneaky method of covering up a messy musical technique. 'Microcastle' is a triumphant dismissal of those comments, a testimony of the talents that truly hide behind the frame of Bradford Cox and co. [...]

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