Label: Polyvinyl
Released 2016
After all the accolades from press and peers, what’s a legendary band to do? Forget the recording studio, rent out an abandoned office space in the middle of the New Mexico desert, set up, plug in and play REALLY LOUD. Starting with hardly a notion of the outcome, by seven days later Deerhoof had found (you guessed it) The Magic: a raw and refreshing 15-song wallop of an album about what happens when you leave your comfort zone. The version of Deerhoof you hear on The Magic is a most punch-drunk proposition. Everyone showed up in the mood to sing. Satomi, Greg, John and Ed dream up alchemies of punk, pop, glam, hair metal, doo-wop, hip hop, and R&B, late-night car rides, long days, attitude and spandex. Poetry into noise. Volume knob into gratification. Friendship into rock band. The Magic is a mixtape imbued with Deerhoof's sorcery -- boldness, wonder, technical know-how, risk. It is a mixtape by the kid with the biggest music collection you've ever seen, who will take you camping and show you how to pull a rabbit out of a hat.
Track listing:
- The Devil And His Anarchic Surrealist Retinue
- Kafe Mania!
- That Ain't No Life To Me
- Life Is Suffering
- Criminals Of The Dream
- Model Behavior
- Learning To Apologize Effectively
- Dispossessor
- I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire
- Acceptance Speech
- Patrasche Come Back
- Debut
- Plastic Thrills
- Little Hollywood
- Nurse Me