Cryptograms

I saw Deerhunter last week. It was all very swirly, songs never seemed to stop, they rolled. Pleasantries weren't exchanged, they were taken. Wikipedia says noise rock and shoegaze, but that doesn't seem to go far enough. They did nothing BUT play noise, and your shoes were for nothing BUT to gaze at. There was no show at the music show, you didn't even have to be looking at the stage.

Floor rock. Overhead ceiling pipe tangle rock. But never check your phone rock, or what time is it rock. The support, well yeah they may have well played their shoes, but Deerhunter, somehow, did it better. They did it right.

Everyone likes new things. New drugs, new lovers, new ways to smile, new ways to fall asleep. New ways to chill out, new ways to hear the same thing, new ways to talk about something that only happened once. I have a new way to relax, a new place to bury bodies and a new place to go. And it only cost me 40 dollars.

Isolation tank rock.

I read somewhere on the internet that your brain has a weird instant replay function, something to do with short term memory. That's why when someone says something and you say "what" you know what they said before they repeat it. If it takes about half a second, its someone calling out your name in a busy room. If it takes 2 hours, it's a Deerhunter show.

Magic ear puzzles. Audio illusions, all blurry nonsense and useless static, but give it a bit of time, concentrate enough, and FUCK ME its a dinosaur!

Thats what i'll tell anyone who asks me what kind of music they play. And if anyone asks what i did last saturday, i will tell them i did nothing. And it was incredible.

http://www.myspace.com/deerhunter