Atlas Sound – Logos Review
Atlas Sound aka Bradford Cox of Deerhunter’s solo project has been around for some time. I never bothered to listen to Deerhunter or Atlas Sound until last year actually, where Nancy was telling me she preferred Bradford Cox’s material. Still, I missed out on a large chunk having only checked out Microcastle which I do admit was pretty impressive.
Anyway after hearing a collaboration with Panda Bear aka Noah Lennox or Animal Collective, I was pretty psyched up about the album Logos. Released on October 19th, I’ve had a few weeks to absorb the album and it’s a great one. It seems like bloggers and critics are all digging it, so at least I’m not an outsider on this one.
There is something great about this album, it feels good from the start adding in a variety of sounds that has some sort of perfect chemistry. The sounds continually fool me into thinking there’s something going on in my room. This includes like the buzzing or random noises that I think are other stuff. There’s something about the way the album is mixed and blended that some noises/vibrations make you unsure of where they come from. The music is wonderful background music – for the unparanoid but nonetheless there’s something intangible here that I hope you hear that I seem to be experiencing.
Top to bottom, I love the album. It just struck me that the album is a decent 43 minutes, and it always seems like I’ve sped past all the tracks and starting over again. I find myself wanting to listen more and more. I tend to notice the subtle things on secondary listens but because there’s just so much to consume, I tend to forget. Nonetheless it’s still enjoyable like each song is the first listen.
My favourites are Sheila and Criminals. Each song has beauty and some major creativity that shouldn’t be ignored. That includes Quick Canals featuring Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier which is the album’s longest track.
It’s easily a shoe-in for one of the top albums of the year for me.
Rating: 5 out of 5
It’s a perfect mix of light-feeling pop with experimental noises and sounds. It’s wholly creative with a layer of simplistic-ness wrapped around it.
Criminals by Atlas Sound
Sheila by Atlas Sound
Quick Canal (with Laetitia Sadier) by Atlas Sound music video after the jump:
