Cor a new Deerhoof
album now! 'The Runners Four' is 20 captivatingly brief tracks run off
in the bands practice room recently, as a response to the
recent, production laden 'Milk Man' & 'Green Cosmos' records.
Noticeably
more organic & simple, the tunes seem bedded in subtlety & less
embellished with the widescreen SOUND they'd become accustomed to
plying their wonderfully
quirky songs with. So you discover yourself delving further under the
surface in
search of the magic & thunder, thrills & spills that previously
screamed
at you the second you inserted the CD. On 3rd listen this is pretty
terrific
& shouldn't leave any true 'hoof fan adrift! So, not a return to
the willful
avant-garde territories of yore but a fully realised & warm album
full of
inventive potential & cute tunes!
