Deerhunter / Rainwater Cassette Exchange
Artist Deerhunter
Album Title: Rainwater Cassette Exchange
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Avant Rock
Format CD
Released 06/09/2009
Label Kranky
Catalog No KRANK 133
Bar Code No 796441813322
Packaging Cardboard
Tracks
1. Rainwater Cassette Exchange (2:24)
2. Disappearing Ink (2:22)
3. Famous Last Words (2:15)
4. Game of Diamonds (3:14)
5. Circulation (5:04)
Date Acquired 07/18/2009
Personal Rating
Acquired from Electric Fetus - Duluth
Purchase Price 8.09

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Notes

Notes:
Recorded By Nicolas Vernhes at Rare Book Room, February 2009
Management: Martin Pike, Associated London Management
All Songs (copyright) Deerhunter Music Group, LLC
Notown Sound, BMI

Credits:
Artwork By [Artwork/layout/typography] – B. Cox
Bass – J. Fauver (tracks: 1 to 3, 5)
Drums – M. Archuleta (tracks: 1 to 3, 5)
Mastered By – Joe Lambert
Recorded By – Nicolas Vernhes
Vocals – B. Cox (tracks: 1 to 4)

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Analyzed Folder: Deerhunter - Rainwater Cassette Exchange_dr.txt
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DR       Peak        RMS      Filename            
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DR6   -0.10 dB   -7.62 dB   01 - Rainwater Cassette Exchange.flac
DR7   -0.30 dB   -8.05 dB   02 - Disappearing Ink.flac    
DR6   -0.10 dB   -7.16 dB   03 - Famous Last Words.flac  
DR7   -0.10 dB   -9.14 dB   04 - Game of Diamonds.flac    
DR7   -0.10 dB   -7.87 dB   05 - Circulation.flac    
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Number of Files: 5
Official DR Value: DR6
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review by Heather Phares:

With Microcastle, Weird Era, and this EP -- not to mention all the music the band released on its blog at that time -- Deerhunter hit its creative stride and didn't waste one moment. While Rainwater Cassette Exchange isn't drastically different from what came before it, it's at the same impressive level of quality. If anything, the four pop nuggets that begin the EP might be an even more potent distillation of the band's weirdness, catchiness, and beauty, from the title track's surf exotica to the push-pull of "Famous Last Words"' fuzzy guitars and cryptic lyrics. "Disappearing Ink" charges in on a forceful rhythm, but Bradford Cox's vocals and the chorus ("disappearing ink"/but the words still sting") aren't so sure, a trick Deerhunter also used brilliantly on Microcastle's "Nothing Ever Happened." "Game of Diamonds" is a standout, melding tablas, piano, Everly Brothers harmonies, and a caressing melody into Eastern-tinged dream-chamber-pop that's unique even for a band as committed to mixing sounds and moods as Deerhunter is. The band burns through Rainwater Cassette Exchange's first few tracks almost impatiently, making "Circulation"'s stretch from psych-punk to a sound collage reminiscent of the end of "I Am the Walrus" all the more satisfying. At five songs and 15 minutes long, Rainwater Cassette Exchange is a quick tour of what Deerhunter can do and how well they do it, and more proof the band's inspiration is at its peak.
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