DEERHOOF
Friend Opportunity
Boomkat Product Review:
It's that time of the year again where I have to attempt, somehow, to be objective about a record that I'm already gaga about... well about a band that I'm utterly obsessed with - but I guess I can try eh? Deerhoof for me are like a gourmet meal, no I've put that badly, they're like a great meal - no bullsh*t or over-fanciness, they're like the greatest meal you ever had which doesn't leave you feeling bloated or awkward at the end of it. 'Friend Opportunity' is their latest dish and although the sound hasn't changed exactly, you get the feeling that they've kept their ingredients to a bare minimum and made damn sure that everything's cooked just right. The album is brief at 37 minutes, but it doesn't feel too short, it leaves you feeling satisfied and most importantly, ecstatic. Some might say this is Deerhoof 'go pop', and they'd be right to a point, but the band have been heading this way for some time - even 'Milkman' had large flurries of pop excess peppered throughout, but 'Friend Opportunity' really should be the band's breakthrough record. They deserve the success too, there are few other rock acts that could even attempt to write songs this catchy yet this intricately well written, there is a feeling of real genius at work in the composition of each track, yet they are three minute gems (bar one eleven minute excursion) never feeling fatty or overwritten, which is so often the case with this kind of music. Suddenly we have a rock album that can rival the forward thinking and defiantly experimental rock albums of the 60s and 70s, a rock album that disillusioned guitar fans can look to and say, "Yes, this is 2007 and all is well". All you need to do is press the play button and you'll get the idea of what I'm talking about - as the ridiculously complex rhythms burst in like a kung fu kick to the stomach we're exposed to comical organ stabs straight out of Rick Wakeman's closet, but although it so easily could do 'Friend Oppurtunity' never once feels zany or trying on the less comically inclined among us. Rather this is a band who while not taking themselves too seriously have come up with perfect compromise between fun, credibility and humour - and yes you really can have it all. Deerhoof have done it yet again and have already come up with a prime contender for the finest album of 2007... just buy it, it'll become the best friend you never had...
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Boomkat Product Review:
It's that time of the year again where I have to attempt, somehow, to be objective about a record that I'm already gaga about... well about a band that I'm utterly obsessed with - but I guess I can try eh? Deerhoof for me are like a gourmet meal, no I've put that badly, they're like a great meal - no bullsh*t or over-fanciness, they're like the greatest meal you ever had which doesn't leave you feeling bloated or awkward at the end of it. 'Friend Opportunity' is their latest dish and although the sound hasn't changed exactly, you get the feeling that they've kept their ingredients to a bare minimum and made damn sure that everything's cooked just right. The album is brief at 37 minutes, but it doesn't feel too short, it leaves you feeling satisfied and most importantly, ecstatic. Some might say this is Deerhoof 'go pop', and they'd be right to a point, but the band have been heading this way for some time - even 'Milkman' had large flurries of pop excess peppered throughout, but 'Friend Opportunity' really should be the band's breakthrough record. They deserve the success too, there are few other rock acts that could even attempt to write songs this catchy yet this intricately well written, there is a feeling of real genius at work in the composition of each track, yet they are three minute gems (bar one eleven minute excursion) never feeling fatty or overwritten, which is so often the case with this kind of music. Suddenly we have a rock album that can rival the forward thinking and defiantly experimental rock albums of the 60s and 70s, a rock album that disillusioned guitar fans can look to and say, "Yes, this is 2007 and all is well". All you need to do is press the play button and you'll get the idea of what I'm talking about - as the ridiculously complex rhythms burst in like a kung fu kick to the stomach we're exposed to comical organ stabs straight out of Rick Wakeman's closet, but although it so easily could do 'Friend Oppurtunity' never once feels zany or trying on the less comically inclined among us. Rather this is a band who while not taking themselves too seriously have come up with perfect compromise between fun, credibility and humour - and yes you really can have it all. Deerhoof have done it yet again and have already come up with a prime contender for the finest album of 2007... just buy it, it'll become the best friend you never had...
Boomkat Product Review:
It's that time of the year again where I have to attempt, somehow, to be objective about a record that I'm already gaga about... well about a band that I'm utterly obsessed with - but I guess I can try eh? Deerhoof for me are like a gourmet meal, no I've put that badly, they're like a great meal - no bullsh*t or over-fanciness, they're like the greatest meal you ever had which doesn't leave you feeling bloated or awkward at the end of it. 'Friend Opportunity' is their latest dish and although the sound hasn't changed exactly, you get the feeling that they've kept their ingredients to a bare minimum and made damn sure that everything's cooked just right. The album is brief at 37 minutes, but it doesn't feel too short, it leaves you feeling satisfied and most importantly, ecstatic. Some might say this is Deerhoof 'go pop', and they'd be right to a point, but the band have been heading this way for some time - even 'Milkman' had large flurries of pop excess peppered throughout, but 'Friend Opportunity' really should be the band's breakthrough record. They deserve the success too, there are few other rock acts that could even attempt to write songs this catchy yet this intricately well written, there is a feeling of real genius at work in the composition of each track, yet they are three minute gems (bar one eleven minute excursion) never feeling fatty or overwritten, which is so often the case with this kind of music. Suddenly we have a rock album that can rival the forward thinking and defiantly experimental rock albums of the 60s and 70s, a rock album that disillusioned guitar fans can look to and say, "Yes, this is 2007 and all is well". All you need to do is press the play button and you'll get the idea of what I'm talking about - as the ridiculously complex rhythms burst in like a kung fu kick to the stomach we're exposed to comical organ stabs straight out of Rick Wakeman's closet, but although it so easily could do 'Friend Oppurtunity' never once feels zany or trying on the less comically inclined among us. Rather this is a band who while not taking themselves too seriously have come up with perfect compromise between fun, credibility and humour - and yes you really can have it all. Deerhoof have done it yet again and have already come up with a prime contender for the finest album of 2007... just buy it, it'll become the best friend you never had...
Boomkat Product Review:
It's that time of the year again where I have to attempt, somehow, to be objective about a record that I'm already gaga about... well about a band that I'm utterly obsessed with - but I guess I can try eh? Deerhoof for me are like a gourmet meal, no I've put that badly, they're like a great meal - no bullsh*t or over-fanciness, they're like the greatest meal you ever had which doesn't leave you feeling bloated or awkward at the end of it. 'Friend Opportunity' is their latest dish and although the sound hasn't changed exactly, you get the feeling that they've kept their ingredients to a bare minimum and made damn sure that everything's cooked just right. The album is brief at 37 minutes, but it doesn't feel too short, it leaves you feeling satisfied and most importantly, ecstatic. Some might say this is Deerhoof 'go pop', and they'd be right to a point, but the band have been heading this way for some time - even 'Milkman' had large flurries of pop excess peppered throughout, but 'Friend Opportunity' really should be the band's breakthrough record. They deserve the success too, there are few other rock acts that could even attempt to write songs this catchy yet this intricately well written, there is a feeling of real genius at work in the composition of each track, yet they are three minute gems (bar one eleven minute excursion) never feeling fatty or overwritten, which is so often the case with this kind of music. Suddenly we have a rock album that can rival the forward thinking and defiantly experimental rock albums of the 60s and 70s, a rock album that disillusioned guitar fans can look to and say, "Yes, this is 2007 and all is well". All you need to do is press the play button and you'll get the idea of what I'm talking about - as the ridiculously complex rhythms burst in like a kung fu kick to the stomach we're exposed to comical organ stabs straight out of Rick Wakeman's closet, but although it so easily could do 'Friend Oppurtunity' never once feels zany or trying on the less comically inclined among us. Rather this is a band who while not taking themselves too seriously have come up with perfect compromise between fun, credibility and humour - and yes you really can have it all. Deerhoof have done it yet again and have already come up with a prime contender for the finest album of 2007... just buy it, it'll become the best friend you never had...
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