In a shocking recent development, the popular music site Pitchfork dot org has given Deerhunter's latest album Halcyon Digest a 9.2 rating. This has to 'leapfrog' the album into 'Album of the Year' status immediately, especially after most 2k10 relevant albums have scored in the 8.1-8.7 range. This is 'huge news' that will possibly define 2k10 4 e a e.

Gave the album a listen, and honestly believe that there is only 1 'great' song on it, then the rest is kinda like 'okay... giving this a try, alright... hmm... fastforward....k...alright....skip...ugh...skip....oh this track is the bomb. Helichopter. k...nothing else as good as this song.... skipping the rest. Just gonna upload Helicopter to my iPod but nothing else....'

Do u think Bradford Cox is a 'complete' artist or does he just have a 'strong personal brand' and get 'indie favors' from blogwave writers who <3 him?
Is Deerhunter 'relevant' or is it sorta just second-tier classic indie rock?

Here is a 'glowing intro' that tries 2 sell u on the fact that this album 're-invents' the indie experience, making it feel 'meaningful' 2 hear new music again:

Halcyon Digest is a record about the joy of music discovery, the thrill of listening for the first time to a potential future favorite, and that sense of boundless possibility when you're still innocent of indie-mainstream politics and your personal canon is far from set. In revisiting that youthful enthusiasm, Deerhunter brilliantly rekindle it, and the result meets Microcastle/Weird Era (Con't) as the band's most exhilarating work to date.

Bradford Cox is mainly known for writing good single MP3s, but usually has 'pu pu platter' style albums:

And then there are all those EPs, side projects, and rarities. In blog posts and interviews, Cox has shown himself to be a music lover of the highest order, almost a platonic ideal of the artist as fan.

'just hunting some deer'

Really confused. Thought Deerhunter was just one of those bands with a 'cool sounding name.' Feel like they are pushing some sort of 'indie agenda' to move Bradley Cox to a tier 1 indie star, standing side by side with Noah, Avey, Win, Regine, Zooey, Joanny, Thom, and other Grade A alt celebs who we know on a first-name basis.

Feeling confused about the closing paragraph. Think this album is supposed to 'emotionally resonate' with indie fans because they had a lofi DIY marketing launch, the lyrics are cryptic, and the album 'has emotions inside of it.'

Deerhunter unveiled their new album by asking fans to print out a vintage DIY-style poster, photocopy it, and tape it up all over town. In the last couple of weeks, band members have participated in all-night online chats with some of their most devoted fans. We'll never be able to parse every lyric or tease out every technical intricacy-- though somebody will probably try-- but that is what Halcyon Digest is all about: nostalgia not for an era, not for antiquated technology, but for a feeling of excitement, of connection, of that dumb obsession that makes life worth living no matter how horrible it gets. And then sharing that feeling with somebody else who'll start the cycle all over again.

Does BradCox's Deerhunter deserve a 9.2?
R u worried abt 2k10 is this is 'the album of the year'?
Is 2k10 officially the 'great buzz drought of 2k10' if this is remembered as the #1 album of 2k10?
Will Pitchfork retract this score?
Can Brad Cox write 'bad ass albums' or are they just for cool dads taking a Pavement/Sonic Youth break, wanting to feel like they are in2 'something new' that 'reminds them of the guitar indie rock past'?
Should Michael Cimino 'sue the fuck' out of Deerhunter for disgracing the American classic by stealing the name of his hit film The Deer Hunter: Chris Walken--What Will He Do Next?

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