Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel

Atlas Sound | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 19, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Kranky
• ASIN: B000ZOSMY2
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #105,553 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Limited edition UK two CD pressing of the 2008 debut album from the solo moniker of 25 year old Deerhunter frontman / provocateur Bradford Cox features a bonus disc containing six non-album tracks. Bradford is everything with Atlas Sound and what you hear is a complex, expansive bedroom recording. Totally absorbed and working at a prolific rate, he channels a stream of consciousness, leaving the scorched beauty of his vocals raw and untreated. Citing the 'ideas that I can't make work with a five piece rock band', as the basis of his solo work and unrestricted, he makes an unparalleled meld of garage rock and ambient electronics. Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel is a serious body of work that manages to combine seemingly incongruous sound elements to make a wonderfully cohesive Pop narrative. It is also one of the year's first truly great albums. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Richly textured, intensely personal fusion of dream and noise pop, March 2, 2008

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221b BakerSt (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel (Audio CD)

Richly textured, intensely personal fusion of dream and noise pop from Atlas Sound, a side project of Bradford Cox, otherwise a member of Deerhunter. The intensely personal part you may or may not get at first, if ever without an explanation (available online, fortunately), since some of the lyrics are so personal as to be abstract, but then those lyrics are often lost in the mix, obscured by instrumentation, static or droning sounds, anyway. Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel can be seen as an album akin to David Bowie's Low, where the feeling one gets from the music presented is as important than anything said (or sung) directly. That said, the music here is by turns beautiful and unsettling, and for a record that's so highly experimental for the most part, it's also highly listenable. Worth checking out for fans of adventrous pop. Standout cuts: "Recent Bedroom," "River Card," "Cold As Ice" and "Ativan."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bradford Is Dreamy, February 8, 2009

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Maxwell Spaceman ""Thanks, peace, love, ... (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel (Audio CD)

This album is one of the best of 2008, and while it may have slipped under the radar a bit, I think Atlas Sound is a more successful solo endeavor than anyone could have expected. Not as similar to Deerhunter as one may commonly assume, this album compiles what I consider some of Bradford Cox's most dreamy music. It is in the vein of a more tranquilized My Bloody Valentine or maybe even Luna, but very original simultaneously and something you would hope to hear upon entering heaven. The concerts he played to back up this album were just as incredible and surprisingly played majestically live. Bradford is one modern musician I have a lot of respect for, considering music and style is consistently changing decade by decade. Bradford escapes the realms of the average indie record and creates something totally blissful and beautiful on this album. Check it out if you don't believe me. This is healing music.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 20 track version a must., April 11, 2009

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Neil C. Nicholson "xenakis24" (Saint Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel (Audio CD)

Truly great album. I highly recommend to anyone that they pick up the 20 track cd import or double-vinyl version. The 6 extra tracks are totally essential to the whole of the album. Without em' is like watching a western in full-screen.