Halfbird

Deerhoof

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 24, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Menlo Park
• ASIN: B000A6T27Q
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #115,377 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Halfbird gets full credit, July 12, 2007

By	Jason Mitchell "PhantomOfLiberty" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

While Runners Four is arguably Deerhoof's most impressive and probably my favorite (at the moment anyway)release. Halfbird's genious seems overlooked, at least by the other reviewer. Are we so conditioned that we consciously reject recorded music that wasn't produced in a state-of-the-art studio with constant overdubs? This album was supposedly recorded on a four track cassette recorder. This may be a sonic turn off to some but it actually creates a dreamy, unsettling world that could only be narrated by Satomi (check out the creepy/beautiful track Queen Orca Wicca Wind). These sounds could never have been attained using the crystal clear recording methods so frequently utilized in the music industry today. Halfbird is the marriage of Deerhoof's honed sense of melody and their urge to create jarring noise. Listen to Red Dragon and tell me if you've heard a prettier song...Listen to Trickybird and tell me you don't want to bang your head like you're 16 years old again. Basically we should all be open to mistakes and grittyness of life and incorporated into our artistic tastes. Just open your minds like a flower in the morning and it will only hurt a little.

4.0 out of 5 stars Not to be overlooked, November 26, 2008

By	Good Gravy (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

Deerhoof are a very prolific band with several stand-out albums. Looking simply at the number of reviews Halfbird is overlooked among Deerhoof's work. While it's true this isn't as consistently splendid, as the others say here, as some of their others, it does contain enough EXCELLENT songs to warrant notice.

Their channeled chaos, which is most raw on these earlier recordings, has always delighted me. The volatility is present here, but Halfbird also features my favorite examples of their flair for making uniquely beautiful songs with extremely eerie currents in "red dragon" and "xmas tree". It is quite gritty, but I think that's a better mentality for their spasms anyway. I agree with Jason. Chew that gristle, it'll do you good.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars not on my top Deerhoof list....., June 5, 2007

By	Albert G. Cegarra "Slacker" (Long Beach, CA.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you're going to give Deerhoof a listen. I would put Apple O', Runner's four and Friend Opportunity(#1) Friend OpportunityThe Runners FourApple O'choice. There are 3 of their most mature and accessible releases and at the top of my listen to Deerhoof list. Milkman and Halfbird last on this list. I have not heard any of their other older releases but if Halfbird and Milkman are indicators I'll pass on those as well.