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Deerhunter drama, early digital release
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bradford Cox of Deerhunter and Atlas Sound. Photo: Hisham Bharoocha
There was drama in Deerhunter land earlier this week.
The Atlanta psych-pop band’s frontman Bradford Cox made a boo-boo. He inadvertently gave visitors to the band’s blog access to a file of works in progress and tracks planned for a bonus disc to accompany Deerhunter’s fall release, “Microcastle.” Those files started to spread in other forums before the mistake was corrected.
At first, Cox posted an angry diatribe that he now seems to regret. It’s been removed and replaced by a new statement. “I accept my mistake,” he writes. “I apologize for my reaction, especially since it was misinterpreted so widely to be directed at fans. I appreciate and am very grateful for the fact that people want to hear my music and the music we make with deerhunter.”
He ends the post with this: “I am seriously ending all bad vibes here.”
Cox has been one of the most giving musicians around when it comes to his recordings. He regularly posts otherwise unreleased work to the blog, both from Deerhunter and his other project, Atlas Sound. It’s a treasure-trove of demos, live recordings, alternate versions and virtual singles and EPs. Many of those free files contain music just as fierce and fascinating as the critically acclaimed work that appears on official Deerhunter and Atlas Sound releases. (Cox’s expressively salty vocabulary keeps us from linking to the blog here, but you can find it easily by searching for Deerhunter or Atlas Sound.)
The biggest news in Cox’s latest post is the fact that the new “Microcastle” album, still two months away from its physical release date of Oct. 28, is now available at iTunes.
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