Deerhoof
Reveille
5RC/Kill Rock Stars label
KRS380
http://www.deerhoof.killrockstars.com/
Silence.
THEN REALLY LOUD PERCUSSION AND BULLET-BURSTS OF GUITAR CHORDS WHILE A SMALL
ASIAN WOMAN CHIRPS SWEET POETRY.
Then silence.
It is rare that such a perfect mix of
chaos and precise harmonic beauty is produced in modern music. And for good
reason. To fly too high, as Icaris learned, can be combustable, and few bands
risk trying to climb to that high of an altitude. Enter Deerhoof, a group
who soars to the heavens with every album and so far hasn't burst into flames.
Quixotic melodies abound in each track of Reveille, smoothed over by singer
Satomi Matsuzaki's hummingbird-sized voice, which chitters and cheeps disjunctive
lyrical blocks which somehow manage to feel whole and intact though out, even
when they obviously are not. Guitars blast out relentless dirges that rise
and fall like waves in a tumultuous sea, upon which floats Matsuzaki's undulating
vocals, batted in the currents about by John Dieterich's ecstatic percussion.
The effect of Deerhoof is a writhing noise field, punctuated by occasional
patches of melodic tranquility. It is a storm worth weathering and gives off
sonic waves of serious emotion, truly worthy of a listen by your tender ears.
-JS