Deafheaven

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"Honeycomb" by Deafheaven from the album 'Ordinary Corrupt Human Love,' available July 13th

i listened to this today and then the imperial triumphant album from this year -

https://soundcloud.com/earsplit/sets/imperial-triumphant-abyssal

- and since they both have a pretty dry and somehow contemporary sound i was struck by how un-science-fictiony the deafheaven record is. i think that might have been touched on in one of the reviews linked upthread, that it's adapted somehow for present-day gleaming-surface air-conditioned-nightmare precarious tech-bro life, but that must have something to do with the deliberate musical choices, the aiming for radio-friendly tones and structures and transitions. it's like it puts the record in the genre of 'realism', whereas your typical present-day black metal or death metal record, whatever resonances it can be found to have with reality or parts of it, code in terms of sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romance, etc. per our hallowed traditions.

even something as apocalyptic and otherworldly at times as black sabbath, it seems the blues element and the lingering 60s rock-combo dna make it all the more sinister, just so far as they make the music seem like it matches somehow with the actual contemporary world. even when ozzy's singing 'take your body to a copse' the archaism doesn't sound like an affectation, it seems like something mysterious and fearful still present in the world now (then).

― j., Saturday, October 3, 2015 2:17 PM (two years ago

me otm

they're touring with Uniform and Drab Majesty - interesting lineup, might have to check it out.

the 12-minute "Canary Yellow" now up to stream

omg can't breathe

even more than usual it sounds like four different songs stitched together, but it's got strong stitching.

lol

Wow "Canary Yellow" is great. Loving both of these. Hell yeah.

Now streaming!

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/05/625292101/first-listen-deafheaven-ordinary-corrupt-human-love

these songs are long

on the bright side the first song is hilarious

this might be the first time i'm fully onboard with deafheaven! these songs are all ridiculous

They fully embraced their corny aspects on this one and it's a good look

it really is!

shouts out to "near" which pretty much could've been on last year's slowdive record

hell yeah. just played through it for the first time. everything I wanted and more. "You Without End" really is their most over the top yet. I also like "Near" a lot, "Worthless Animal" too and the Chelsea Wolfe track stood out. fuck, I just love this whole album.

Enjoying this a lot. "Glint" is standing out for me.

v happy that this arrived when it did

on and on we choke on

this is dull as heck as per

you can have 1,000 hooks sections but if the song is insipid glurge they don't matter

the slowdive one is nice tho

y’all have cotton in your ears and tar in your hearts

fair

❤

I feel like I'm hearing a lot of Radiohead in this. That thing at 2:13 in Canary Yellow.

starts off sound a lot like the end of "Layla"

i really really like this album but i rarely listen to it as an album—i keep getting stuck on particular songs and just listen to them over and over. first canary yellow, then honeycomb, now worthless animal

i was really surprised and impressed with their live show as well. way over-the-top and entertaining without taking themselves too seriously

Yeah these guys were great when I saw them recently. Great fun show.

I did an interview in person when the band played Philly last month. I found George to be open and engaging, not guarded at all, which considering how polarizing the band is, I kind of expected. He was especially proud of the touring package of hand-picked support. The show was phenomenal.

http://www.invisibleoranges.com/deafheaven-interview/

i appreciated how the singer would rock the fuck out no matter how quiet or slow the song was at that particular section

this is their best album but the drummer constantly playing the same fill is grating

new album out in august. first single is elusively kicking around, apparently a bit of a departure

wish they'd depart completely tbh

i'm really sorry that you are being forced to listen to them against your will imago, that sucks

I must admit I still think about the phrase "pompous drums" every time I listen to them

lol sorry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK300gUp04c

they've ditched the pompous drums!

they're just a normal shoegaze band now i guess and better for it

Nice tune

They’ve turned into Alcest and I, for one, couldn’t be happier

ok this song rules, the great justin meldal-johnson on the boards as well apparently

that's always a great sign

Yeah, this is really good.

Kerry McCoy is a badass

ah yes this sounds great

I like this song because it doesn't trade any of dfvhn's complexity or experimenting for the sake of a new sound. It's unmistakably Deafheaven, even from the early chords. I'm really interested to see where this goes.

This new one is great. Glad someone championed these guys on ilm so many years ago.

they've ditched the pompous drums!

the drums were literally the best part about this band, by a country mile!

that said, this is a good tune. stoked for people to write "metal is growing, and growth sometimes means not playing metal any more, but it's gatekeeping if they don't headline Roadburn"