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Deerhoof
squawk:
I don't know why people have a problem with Satomi's singing voice. It isn't intolerably bad or anything, just slightly weird! Once you get past the initial "oh god what the hell is this" phase you can tell that she is actually a pretty good singer, but she also has a lot of fun just soundin' like a fobby kid for some reason. Sometimes when she's making weird noises it seems like they utilize her voice as another instrument.
Oli:
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The vocals are pretty quirky (and it's not just the Japan in them, dude), in that you might find them oddly endearing or wind up extremely put off. But you'd really call "The Pickup Bear" a conventional rock'n'roll song? It is basically only in the last few albums that you could call their songwriting something other than unusual (notice everyone recommending Friend Opportunity and Runners Four as opposed to, say, Half Bird), but as I've said in past discussions about Deerhoof, my idea of the band was admittedly soiled by then.
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I'd say one of the main differences between halfbird and later albums like the runners four is in production values rather than song style. Obviously there are differences in style but not to as large an extent as I think you're implying and I think it's largely due to growth as a band and the changing line-up. I really don't see any deerhoof tracks as any more unusual or inaccessable than a lot of hardcore or indie pop.
blanktom:
Deerhoof are the new Slint.
TheFuriousWombat:
wha?
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:-D
hapaxLegomina:
Thanks guys. Thanks for reminding me how much I occasionally love Deerhoof. Now I have to go get MORE. Jeez.
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