| Artist |
Deerhunter |
| Album Title: |
Microcastle / Weird Era Continued |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Avant Rock |
| Format |
CD (2) |
| Released |
10/28/2008 |
| Label |
Kranky |
| Catalog No |
KRANK 127 |
| Bar Code No |
796441812721 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| Microcastle |
| 1.
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Cover Me (Slowly) (1:21)
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| 2.
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Agoraphobia (3:22)
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| 3.
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Never Stops (3:04)
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| 4.
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Little Kids (4:22)
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| 5.
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Microcastle (3:40)
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| 6.
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Calvary Scars (1:37)
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| 7.
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Green Jacket (2:09)
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| 8.
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Activa (1:49)
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| 9.
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Nothing Ever Happened (5:50)
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| 10.
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Saved By Old Times (3:50)
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| 11.
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Neither of Us, Uncertainly (5:25)
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| 12.
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Twilight at Carbon Lake (4:23)
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| Weird Era Continued |
| 1.
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Backspace Century (2:19)
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| 2.
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Operation (4:04)
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| 3.
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Ghost Outfit (0:33)
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| 4.
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Dot Gain (3:19)
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| 5.
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Vox Celeste (3:34)
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| 6.
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Cicadas (2:26)
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| 7.
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Vox Humana (2:32)
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| 8.
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VHS Dream (2:33)
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| 9.
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Focus Group (2:48)
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| 10.
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Slow Swords (3:25)
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| 11.
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Weird Era (2:40)
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| 12.
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Moon Witch Cartridge (1:31)
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| 13.
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Calvary Scars II/Aux. Out (10:12)
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| Date Acquired |
02/25/2009 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Amazon |
| Purchase Price |
14.49 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry
Bandcamp Entry:
Discogs Entry:
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Notes |
Notes:
Recorded and mixed at Rare Book Room, Brooklyn
Mastered at Truetone, NYC April 2006
Weird Era
Tracks 2-1, 2-5, 2-7, 2-12, & 2-13 recorded at Chase Park, Athens
Additional recording at Notown II ATL
Tracks 2-2, 2-4, 2-6, 2-8 to 2-10 recorded at Notown II
Tracks 2-3 & 2-11 recorded at Notown Marietta 2002
© 2008 Kranky, Ltd. ℗ 2008 Notown Sound
Credits:
Artwork, Design, Layout – B Cox
Artwork, Layout [Layout Assistance] – Craig McCaffrey
Artwork, Photography By – Alex Rose
Mastered By – Joe Lambert (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12)
Percussion [Additional Percussion] – Drew Vandenberg (tracks: 2-1 to 2-13)
Percussion [Additional Percussion], Tape [Tape Editing], Edited By [Tape Editing] – David Barbe (tracks: 2-1 to 2-13)
Recorded By – Bradford Cox (tracks: 2-2, 2-8), David Barbe (tracks: 2-1, 2-5, 2-7, 2-12, 2-13), Lockett Pundt (tracks: 2-4, 2-6, 2-9, 2-10)
Recorded By [Additional Recording] – Bradford Cox (tracks: 2-1, 2-3, 2-5, 2-7, 2-11 to 2-13)
Recorded By, Mixed By – Nicolas Vernhes (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12)
Companies, Etc.:
Recorded At – Rare Book Room
Recorded At – Chase Park Transduction
Recorded At – Notown II
Recorded At – Notown Marietta
Mixed At – Rare Book Room
Mastered At – True Tone Studios
Copyright © – Kranky, Ltd.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Notown Sound
Pressed By – Disque Americ
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): DADR 0NZM5<7105>KRANK127
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): 0NP96<7105>KRANK1272 DADR
Mastering SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI L486
Mastering SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI L485
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Analyzed Folder: Deerhunter\ - Microcastle (Disc 1)_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR06 -0.10 dB -06.87 dB 01 - Cover Me (Slowly).flac
DR07 +0.00 dB -08.34 dB 02 - Agoraphobia.flac
DR06 -0.10 dB -07.12 dB 03 - Never Stops.flac
DR05 -0.10 dB -07.87 dB 04 - Little Kids.flac
DR06 -0.10 dB -10.51 dB 05 - Microcastle.flac
DR09 -1.10 dB -12.17 dB 06 - Calvary Scars.flac
DR12 -1.10 dB -17.50 dB 07 - Green Jacket.flac
DR11 -1.10 dB -14.94 dB 08 - Activa.flac
DR07 -0.10 dB -07.79 dB 09 - Nothing Ever Happened.flac
DR06 +0.00 dB -07.80 dB 10 - Saved by Old Times.flac
DR06 -0.10 dB -08.67 dB 11 - Neither of Us, Uncertainly.flac
DR05 -0.10 dB -08.68 dB 12 - Twilight at Carbon Lake.flac
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Number of Files: 12
Official DR Value: DR7
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Analyzed Folder: Deerhunter - Weird Era Cont. (Disc 2)_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR5 -0.05 dB -06.52 dB 01 - Backspace Century.flac
DR4 -0.85 dB -06.33 dB 02 - Operation.flac
DR5 -0.05 dB -07.80 dB 03 - Ghost Outfit.flac
DR5 -0.05 dB -05.53 dB 04 - Dot Gain.flac
DR4 -0.12 dB -06.64 dB 05 - Vox Celeste.flac
DR9 -0.05 dB -12.99 dB 06 - Cicadas.flac
DR4 -0.05 dB -05.38 dB 07 - Vox Humana.flac
DR5 -0.05 dB -06.22 dB 08 - VHS Dream.flac
DR5 -0.05 dB -05.38 dB 09 - Focus Group.flac
DR5 -0.05 dB -06.74 dB 10 - Slow Swords.flac
DR5 -0.05 dB -07.69 dB 11 - Weird Era.flac
DR5 -0.05 dB -06.38 dB 12 - Moon Witch Cartridge.flac
DR5 -0.12 dB -07.20 dB 13 - Calvary Scars II Aux Out.flac
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Number of Files: 13
Official DR Value: DR5
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
The narcotic drones and fragmented art punk Deerhunter explored on Cryptograms made the album a love-it-or-hate-it proposition for many indie rock fans; where some heard eclectic expansiveness, others heard incoherent experiments. Microcastle, the band's first album with guitarist Whitney Petty, brings together the disparate elements that made Cryptograms fascinating and frustrating, adding a little more pop and quite a bit more studio polish (this album was recorded in a week, as opposed to the two days it took to lay down Cryptograms). Deerhunter still change from gentle to storming at a moment's notice, as on "Microcastle" itself, which drifts along like a slow-motion surf rock ballad, then catches fire about two-thirds of the way through, and the album's middle stretch of songs is just as lulling as Cryptograms' opening suite, but a lot more melodic. These fever-dream moments are punctuated by pop songs that are as crystal clear as they are warped. The trippy innocence of '60s psych pop is a major influence on Microcastle, especially "Little Kids"' jangly guitars and sparkling strangeness, and the acid pop flashback "Saved by Old Times," which is slinky and mischievous enough to be a spiritual cousin of Donovan's "Season of the Witch." Bradford Cox and company get even more accessible on the bittersweet "Never Stops" and the excellent "Nothing Ever Happened," which lets zigzagging guitars and keyboards tussle over one of Microcastle's most memorable melodies. Guitarist Lockett Pundt's songs balance Cox's extremes, with "Neither of Us, Uncertainly" nodding to the album's hazier moments and "Agoraphobia" blending in with its crisper songs. When "Twilight at Carbon Lake" swells from a hallucinatory '50s slow dance ballad into a triumphant storm of guitars, Microcastle proves that Deerhunter can make music that sounds very different from what they'd done before, yet still feels of a piece with their body of work. [Microcastle was also released with Weird Era Continued, an album of bonus songs that plays like Microcastle's mirror twin: tracks like "Vox Celeste" and "VHS Dream" put the angular pop first and experimental haze second. Taken as a whole, Microcastle/Weird Era (Continued)(Except it doesn't continue,bah!)
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