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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Bradford Cox on Deerhunter
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bradford Cox. Photo: Hisham Bharoocha
The fate of adventurous Atlanta band Deerhunter has been up in the air in recent months. 2007 was a breakthrough year for the band, as they stormed through Europe and wound up on many year-end best-of lists with the album “Cryptograms.” But in November, frontman Bradford Cox announced that Deerhunter would be going on hiatus.
Online indie-rock mainstay Pitchfork (www.pitchforkmedia.com) has just published an interview with Cox that doesn’t really clarify the situation, but it is an entertaining and informative read on many other fronts. It’s not for those with delicate sensibilities, though, because you’ll find a boatload of the proverbial four-letter words and some frank talk about sexuality.
As for the status of Deerhunter (and his current project Atlas Sound), here’s what Cox told Pitchfork:
“I’m not saying the band’s breaking up, I’m not saying the band’s not breaking up. I’m not saying that the hiatus will be more than six months, I’m not saying the hiatus could be over in two weeks. I’m saying, whatever happens, happens. It’s not that I’m focusing on Atlas Sound now and that’s taking over Deerhunter. It’s just that I’m doing whatever. I’m playing music every day, and whoever wants to play music with me, let’s play music, you know?”
Atlas Sound’s full-length debut album, “Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel,” is scheduled to be released Feb. 19. Cox and his Atlas Sound crew will play Atlanta’s Drunken Unicorn that same night.
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