Deerhoof??

how are they this consistently good?

they're underrated. maybe i'm speaking for myself, i absolutely love them but kinda always forget about them

they are my favorite band

I always check in on the new records as they come but it’s the rare LP that sticks for me as a whole. Usually there’s a track or two that totally works.

This new record is among the stronger ones. On the last record - or one of the last records, anyway, it can be hard to keep pace - “‘Farewell’ Symphony” was a knock out punch.

Personal favorites: The Runners Four, Friend Opportunity, Actually You Can

La Isla Bonita also pretty tight

offend maggie has become my personal favorite

so weirdly, i got into them via 'the magic', found it really compelling and amazing. i've dabbled around the edges with some of their newer stuff as well as the more canonical 'classics' from early 00s. for those of you more versed, where does the magic fit in? suggestions on where to go next?

the magic is one of my favs as well. i feel like la isla bonita is in a similar vein as far as funkier/groovier moments.

Apple O' for me

apple o and reveille are my forever favorites but of the 'newer' ones I think this most recent release and Love-Lore are truly awesome

thanks all! i also listened to runners four for a spell, really enjoyed parts of it but thought it was too long

the best way to listen to deerhoof ime is several hour binges spread out over several weeks. they dont really have a "masterpiece" bc i think theyre categorically opposed to such ideas but you just listen to a grip of albums and think yeah they can p much play anything they want and it usually works.

like what makes them imminently relistenable is them being a band in constant conflict with itself. classic rock riffs into noodly jazzy shit. heavy noise with satomi's sweet voice. recognizable references to rock's past with fucked up time signatures and other detours. too trashy to be academic, too avant garde to be pop. they not a band that gets comfortable, and while certain stylistic and timbral themes remain constant, they really dont write the same song twice.

i want to hear

the ultimate deerhoof mix

apple o and reveille are my forever favorites but of the 'newer' ones I think this most recent release and Love-Lore are truly awesome

this lines up with me too, just because i zoned out during the middle 15 years between those

love-lore is a great accomplishment

i am working on a youtube mix as we speak, but this will feature prominently bc its their most moving one 4 me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywd3jr6bs-I

this one too, maybe i should do a 'poignant deerhoof' mix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBAl7NPyRMg

if you wanted to be truly gutsy you could "live mix" it here

jagged fruit was siiiick! i don't remember hearing it before, even

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLumtnLDTWxGocEM6FDZNXp7y8wmKC70UD

here is a list of 20 songs with tracks spanning from apple o (2003) to future teenaged cave artists (2020), just focusing on studio albums (plus one ep track and one orchestral arrangement for good measure). love-lore and other covers projects are a thing that deserve their own attention.

oh and i guess the first one is technically a live track. i rec'd that set too!

i think this will embed correctly now?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoD0WVxrsfQ

ah fuck it, thats the first song

desapareceré!!

yes! i neglected to mention milk man, which is also in my eternal deerhoof memory. i worked at a store when it came out so i had dozens of extra milk man promo posters with the milk man guy:

https://i.imgur.com/96LPw3q.jpg

i hung them up all over my second post-dorm housing situation, which also, somehow, included a joy division poster and oasis

https://i.imgur.com/96LPw3q.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/96LPw3q.jpg

#tmi #onethread alert

i am listening/watching the m bison deerhoof mix as i pack my divorce boxes. i am very high and effexor-drunk (which is to say, not at all), and it is keeping me positive, thanking u m bison mix! upvote

<3 u

honestly though i keep waiting for the drop

xp!

perpetually underrated

still one of the best rock bands around

New album's out? They are weirdly easy to take for granted, maybe because they're so consistent and prolific. Not enough of a narrative there I guess.

Speaking of, how known was it at the time that Breakup Songs was about Greg and Satomi's divorce? Pub for the song on this new one about it being for Greg's second marriage got me by surprise.

Anyway I'll listen soon.

They’re a band who are (for me!) a killer stray tracks band, I know that compilations aren’t as profitable as they once were but a 2xCD for Deerhoof would be awesome.

(Runners Four and Friend Opportunity are the exceptions)

This one is OK, has some high highs

They are weirdly easy to take for granted, maybe because they're so consistent and prolific. Not enough of a narrative there I guess.

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this is otm, they just keep putting out a good album every couple of years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX7ebFaQhrQ

this new halo maud single produced by greg (and drummed on by greg presumably) is in the deerhoof orbit and also i love this

new free triple live album is unsurprisingly great.
https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/album/the-free-triple-live-album

up on youtube too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iUuFXKIeNQ

what a wonderful band

i love them so much

I predict a "Harness Your Hopes" Pavement type surprise re-surfaced hit to happen to them at some point. They are too good to just remain this under the radar in popular culture. So consistently amazing too.

It felt like they were massive, one of the biggest indie bands on Earth from about ‘03-‘06 or so…definitely haven’t heard too much about them in the years since but they definitely had their fair share of appreciation at the time.

They continue to tour and record constantly, but, as ever, the media circus quickly moves on to new, fresh acts - and it’s as though ye olde band/project vanished.

they are amazing, but they were never even close to one of the biggest indie bands on Earth!

yeah no way. they weren't even as big as like, tortoise, or will oldham.

they were certainly one of the best live acts of that era. i think people kept expecting they would break bigger but they never quite did

Starting listening to this podcast about the making of Runners Four. I always liked them but also never connected super hard or listened to one of their records over and over. Totally love hearing about them as a group of ex-music school weirdos totally committed to going insane recording in a shitty practice space for a year though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8q2rYnx7tE

IIRC their episode of Rig Rundown on YouTube is pretty great too. They are unconventionally economical in their approach to equipment. A good strategy for the long haul.

God they've released an insane amount of music. Listening to Greg's new solo album now, which sounds great (and surprisingly/not surprisingly close to Deerhoof).