Track Listing

1. Light That Failed
2. Orchid
3. Walkabout
4. Criminals
5. Attic Lights
6. Sheila
7. Quick Canal
8. My Halo
9. Kid Klimax
10. Washington School
11. Logos

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1328 in Music
• Released on: 2009-10-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Album Description
This is the second solo album from Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox following his debut "Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel" from early 2008.

Customer Reviews

Excellent Listening experience.

I find it strange that I really enjoy this music. It is generally something I wouldn't listen to. I am 34 and my musical tastes over the years have leaned more towards industrial/alternative music. My mainstays were always NIN, Ministry, Revolting Cocks (the old stuff), Thrill Kill Kult, Tool, even Marilyn Manson at one time (uhh yeah). It was when I drove from Orlando to Duluth,Georgia in the summer of 2008 to see NIN that I was exposed to Bradford Cox with Deerhunter when they opened. I was very impressed by their "sound" for lack of a better word. I quickly purchased their cd's and the Atlas Sound releases. I was hooked. I then saw Deerhunter in Orlando earlier this year. The average age of the other people there were at least 10 years younger than me but I didnt care. This album is just a really great piece to just lay down on the couch and just relax (as another reviewer previously mentioned)and listen. I wont go into detail with the tracks. Every track has something to offer. I guess as I am getting older my tastes have changed. I am glad they have. I guess this genre is called shoegaze? I dont know. I call it good. I have discovered other bands in this genre I like as well such as Animal Collective, Panda Bear. If anyone else out there can mention any other bands in this field please tell me! I would appreciate it.

Highest quality indie dream rock
4.5 stars

Deerhunter frontman Bradford James Cox released Logos to quite a bit of fanfare, which makes it one of the one percent of albums that lives up to its indie-hype. Cox seems to have hit the midpoint of several subgenres, suckering in disparate fans with his combination of upbeat harmonies, dreamy vocals, ambient synthstruments, distorted guitars, and, of course, the indie rock standby: semi-nonsensical lyrics that float on the music and emerge from background only to adorn it with solidly fun punchlines. Even the first listen reveals its flawless nature.

Highlights:

Walkabout, featuring Panda Bear of Animal Collective fame, starts out with a softly cavorting intro that leads into the most poppy music on the album.

Shelia is the standout song, easily engaging the listener's penchant for unique structure, massaging his dream-pop fetish while still feeding his hunger for straight up hard indie rocking.

Quick Canal features Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier and features a sprinkling of echoing electro-sounds that frame Sadier's soft singing beautifully.

Any true music aficionado will find something to like here. As for us, Logos has already earned a spot on our album of the year list.


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Magnificent Music
A little while back I was fortunate enough to see Deerhunter open up for Nine Inch Nails. Although I was totally entranced by their performance, I could see that a lot of the people around me were not. But this isn't a critique of them - indeed, a part of me understands why they were disgruntled. Deerhunter, like Atlas Sound, is not the kind of music to thrash around to (like a good deal of NIN's outstanding catalog). My first listen to Logos was done with my body horizontal on a couch with a good pair of headphones. This, like so much of the music I love, is the best way to experience this album.

I've read in one place or another that Brandon Cox (the brainchild of Atlas Sound) is a huge fan of doo-wop music, and it shows on some of the album's best tracks. These songs, and others, are catchy and deep. Mr. Cox's musical knowledge obviously deep, and he seems to draw upon it in his own music. He's well versed in dream pop, shoegazer, classic rock, alternative rock, progressive, pop - you name it.

Give this album a try; you won't be disappointed. If you're hungry for more (and you will be), check out Deerhunter's albums and Atlas Sound's first album (and their recently released EP).

In my mind, this is what indie music is all about.