Deerhoof: Wrong Time Capsule

Deerhoof's "Wrong Time Capsule" is probably one of my five favorite songs of the last five years, and maybe I could tell you the other four right now, but there's really no drama in that, is there, babycakes?

Hey!

This video hearkens back to the 1980's, music video's childhood, methinks...It's basically a lo-fi, artpunk version of something Peter Gabriel got famous for doing back then, and damn if this song ain't great, like I said...As the comments at youtube say, "Deerhoof owns my soul", "they are so amazing", "that's because her arms were caught in the machine"...

Bomp ba da da da...

Hotcha! Hank

Something 4 The Weekend # 25

Deerhoof finally won me over with 2005's The Runners Four album, on which they seemed (to me) to really hone their pop chops while still maintaining a goodly amount of their quirky verve and dissonant tendencies. When guitarist Chris Cohen left the band last year, alot of fans were sweating heavy, wondering if the band would have the same mojo, cuz they had really hit their stride when Cohen joined the band for Apple O' in 2003...

Well, the new album, Friend Opportunity, plays a similar strain of The Runners Four, and early listens indicate they haven't really lost a step with Cohen's departure, though certainly the man is missed...They're a trio now, and a true power trio at that, and three's a magic number for them at the moment...

Deerhoof: +81: 128k mp3

Anyways, Deerhoof are from San Francisco, and from my experiences there, I'd say that's just about right...They're alot of fun, and they're challenging in all the right ways...Serious fun, I guess, and I'm sure they've got their pretensions, and probably a cache of weed and absinthe.

Soooooo, "+81" is a grrroovy something 4 the weekend...Enjoy, and get it on...

Hotcha! Hank