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Ordinary Corrupt Human Love

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Band: Deafheaven
Album: Ordinary Corrupt Human Love
Best song: “Canary Yellow”
Worst song:“Near,” but that’s still a good song.

The pandemic is nearly an end, of sorts. The vaccine rollout is becoming more real and people are getting vaccinated, including me. The world of quarantine is slowing peeling itself back and we, in theory, will be back to a version of normal soon. Bands are booking festivals. Live music may be back soon. Refunds were issued – I was supposed to see Judas Priest indoors in October and that did not happen, for example – and we’re in a waiting pattern. I was supposed to see Deafheaven’s 10-year anniversary tour in May. It got “postponed.” Continue reading →

Sunbather

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Band: Deafheaven
Album: Sunbather
Best song: The title track
Worst song: “The Pecan Tree” is the weakest song on a fine album. In fact, it’s still a very strong song.

A man screaming is not necessarily music, right? You you saw a man on a corner in your town yelling about rich people in the sun, you’d think he was nuts, right? Like, that guy is crazy. I’m not sure it matters how nice his button-up shirt looks or if he’s wearing gloves, for some reason. If you can’t identify the words he is saying, but he’s screaming over a wonderful soundtrack… Does that make it music?

If the answer to the final question is “no,” then I have to ask: What the fuck am I to make of Deafheaven’s Sunbather?

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