Rainwater Cassette Exchange [EP]

Deerhunter | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: EP
• Label: Kranky
• ASIN: B0028ERCTS
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,652 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #48 in Music > Alternative Rock > Indie & Lo-Fi > Dream Pop

Editorial Reviews

2009 EP release from the Alt-Rock favorites. This is not some stop-gap release between albums, or mere leftovers from their most recent Microcastle album, but an all new session. The band loves the EP format and thinks it does not get the respect it deserves. Hell, some bands arguably work best in the EP format, think Cocteau Twins or My Bloody Valentine, and now maybe we should add Deerhunter to that list. That's certainly not to say their albums aren't great, but with 2007's Fluorescent Grey EP and this new one, a lucid argument can be made that minute for minute, and hook for hook, their two EP's can't be matched for visceral energy and pop smarts. Five tracks.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FIFTEEN MINUTES OF GENIUS, CREATIVITY & MADNESS!!!, June 29, 2009

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Rafael Cova "Kid X" (Caracas, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rainwater Cassette Exchange (Audio CD)

They're back, very Fast (successfully), they return with a five track EP, Deerhunter is a strange (Bradford Cox) (GOOD...SO COOL!!!) band that makes you feel and vibrate with the music, outside conventional, without any kind of attachment to the trends.

You may feel SAD, HAPPY, IMPRESS, STUNNING, SATISFACTION... many things that will make you shake and feel, you can be sure of that.

Deerhunter is an incredible band that once again leaves us with an amazing and great material. Every time they handed us a new piece of their projects is leaving an essence that needs to be supplemented in the following, and this is the confirmation.

Its contradictory in sound with abrasive musings sat unapologetically and uncomfortably next to timid and withdrawn melancholy and though they're both equally as enjoyable as each other, it does make for a disjointed listen overall. Much like the bulk of their material, the listener always feels just a room away from the actual music being played; leaning sneakily against the wall, ears pricked and hovering just a millimeter away from the door, decoding the cryptic and private lyrics that sound muffled through the barrier. It's almost like spying on the members creating their own music; you never feel fully immersed but you'll always be gripped and enthralled.

"Game Of Diamonds" is probably the strongest song and builds a fragile, dreamy atmosphere with a relatively simple rhythm and pace. "No one ever walked with me, I got so tired on my feet, I lay drunk on the bowery, telling other men too much of me." Yawns Cox in the second and final verse. It's relaxed and down-played, letting it drift along instead of a gallop. It's not necessarily one of their strongest tracks overall but it fits comfortably as a Microcastle afterthought (which it basically is).

Final track Circulation holds a lo-fi version of a Strokes riff and adds an authentic, 60's American surf tint to the record with it's surprisingly jovial rhythm. Cox is still one of the most interesting front-men to listen to and absorb and the rest of the band never once falter behind him, reinforcing their unique sonic territory wonderfully.

Highly recommended.

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest purchases I didn't realize I made!, February 8, 2012

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Mad Man "kdt54" (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Rainwater Cassette Exchange (MP3 Download)

I bought this EP around the time that it was first released as one of the specials of day on Amazon. It kind of got buried in downloads on my computer and I forgot about it. Recently, I came across it and loaded it onto my mp3 player since I never gave it a true listen and was searching for some new music. This EP is absolutely awesome and I can't stop listening to it. Yes, it's only 15 minutes long, but what a fabulous 15 minutes. It might be the best thing Deerhunter ever produced--at least to my ears. I even hear echoes of Jay Reatard in some of the guitar work--which makes sense since they were close friends. Might be the best mp3 purchase I ever made on Amazon.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is perfect., August 13, 2009

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redtelephone (Tucson) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Rainwater Cassette Exchange [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

Thank you for restoring my faith in music. This has the production value of bands like The Flaming Lips, Grizzly Bear, or Godspeed. Those bands know the benefits of spending forever in the studio and perfecting the texture of their songs. Often bands that fall into that category have a hard time writing songs worthy of that level of production. But this has both. I think Deerhunter likes putting out EP's because it is a more manageable number of songs to write and then perfect. There is no filler here.

Best album I've heard in years.