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