Bradford & Deerhunter Go to Microcastle

Deerhunter —the Atlanta, Georgia-based band fronted by the infamous Bradford Cox— have announced the details of their forthcoming third LP, Microcastle. The follow-up to 2007's well-regarded Cryptograms is due to be dispatched unto the world on October 28, on Kranky Records in North America, but on the legendary 4AD label round the rest of the world.

This is fortuitous, for it seems that each release will bear different artwork. On purely aesthetic grounds, we'd have to hail the suitably-tasteful 4AD version (above) as far superior to the clamorous Kranky version (below).

Musically speaking, Microcastle marks a departure from Deerhunter's space-rock roots; the sprawling, wall-of-sound jams exchanged for shorter, sweet, less distorted pop-songs. With Cox funneling some of that drone-loving into his increasingly-permanent side-project Atlas Sound, it seems to have left Deerhunter free to make a more 'straight up' record.

Deerhunter will be roadtesting the new material with a run of dates both before and after the record's release, including a slew of shows supporting Nine Inch Nails.

Microcastle Track List
1. "Cover Me (Slowly)"
2. "Agoraphobia"
3. "Never Stops"
4. "Little Kids"
5. "Microcastle"
6. "Calvary Scars"
7. "Green Jacket"
8. "Activa"
9. "Nothing Ever Happened"
10. "Saved By Old Times"
11. "Neither Of Us, Uncertainly"
12. "Twilight At Carbon Lake"