These two releases have become the soundtrack for staying up really late alone in my bedroom. Atlas Sound's Weekend EP, whose only distribution was through a free download on the Deerhunter/Atlas Sound Blog in 2007, has been a favorite since I first heard it. The opening track, Friday Night We Took Acid and Laid on Matt's Bedroom Floor Staring at His Ceiling Fan While His Parents Watched T.V. Downstairs is the clear standout; it is eerie and beautiful, and somehow, like all of Bradford Cox's best work, it unravels in a way that makes it seem deeply personal both to Cox and to the listener. Even the track titles on this EP (Friday Night We Took Acid..., Saturday Night We Went Swimming And There Was A Light In The Water, Sunday Evening We Relaxed In Our Rooms And Called Each Other On The Phone) convey the kind of magical teenage nostalgia that almost everyone can relate to.
Peaking Lights' Imaginary Falcons was referred to me in early November by Zach, and has since gotten pretty heavy rotation. From the beginning of the first track, the simply-named Intro To Imaginary Falcons, Peaking Lights plunges the listener into the hypnotic, dream-like fog that is this record, full of analog synth, warm vocal melodies, and blown-up, drugged-out guitar. Wedding Song is a favorite but this record is so cohesive that doing anything but listening to it from beginning to end would be foolish. One of my favorite releases of 2009.
Download via Mediafire: Atlas Sound, Weekend EP (2007)
Atlas Sound Myspace | Deerhunter/Atlas Sound Blog
Download via Mediafire: Peaking Lights, Imaginary Falcons (Not Not Fun/Night People, 2009) RE-UPLOADED, 20 JAN 10
Peaking Lights Myspace
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