Atlas Sound

Regardless of whatever Pitchfork, Stereogum or Idolator has said about the pasty, toothpick-thin Bradford Cox and the curious/gross/odd/random details of his life he shared on his blog, musically, the dude has made some pretty wise and genius choices, both with his band Deerhunter and his solo project Atlas Sound. Cox's gazy vocals and drenching guitar parts were one of the highlights of Deerhunter's overall sound, and we paid attention. As Atlas Sound, free of bandmates' ego-blowing opinions and restrained ideas, Cox has been able to strip away the heavy off his back, and settle into a more ambient place, where time and space are equally as important as the surface texture and viscosity of the songs themselves. On Atlas Sound's sensory-induced debut full-length, Let The Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel, you'll unexpectedly be swept under it's calming kinetic waves, yet you'll want nothing more than to just bathe in it under it's blissful, radiant sky. Listen up, close your eyes, open your mouth, and just take it all in! With White Rainbow, Valet, and Dormant. TRAVIS RITTER
Thu., March 6, 8 p.m., 2008