Halcyon Digest
by Deerhunter

Say what you want about Pitchfork but I find it hard to talk bad about them, as they introduced me to so much good music that I would otherwise never listen to. This album is one example. So good.

From Cargusbralem 08/27/2016 16:34 | #173579 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Beautifully crafted album. The more I listen to it, the more I fall in love with it. I love the diversity of it, you never feel like it's the same thing over and over again. I'll just somewhat briefly describe how it feels to listen to it, track by track.

It begins with a deep, soothing, very trippy "Earthquake," and then immediately hits you in the face with a more Beatlish kind of sound with "Don't cry" and "Revival."

Then we got "Sailing." Very soothing, not as trippy as Earthquake. Gives a nice turn to the album itself. It's like a small break from the louder songs from this half of the album.

Then we carry on with another short, Beatlish sounding song, "Memory Boy." Very catchy chorus, although personally it's my least favorite song off the album. It's not a bad song at all though, it's just that I like the other ones better.

"Desire Lines." What a song. Lockett's vocals on this one keep adding to the diversity of the album. I like that they once again slid in a long outro, in which you just get carried away by the layers of guitars, just like they did in "Nothing Ever Happened" from the previous album.

"Basement scene" is another Beatlish sounding song, but it's much more laid back than the other ones.

Then we get some deep psychedelia with "Helicopter." Bradford's vocals on this one are simply beautiful all along. One of my favorites from Deerhunter.

We get a taste of brass instruments with the next couple of songs, "Fountain Stairs" and "Coronado." Both are no exception of being great songs on this albums.

The grand finale of this album is brought by "He Would Have Laughed." And what a finale it is. A short tasty riff accompanies you for most of the song, and you never get bored from it. One of my favorites as well.

They are ALL great songs, so it's difficult to name just a few favorites but I'll give it a shot.

Fav tracks: He Would Have Laughed, Helicopter, Desire Lines, Earthquake

This album didn't knock my socks off when I first heard it tbh. But over the years I just keep returning to it and seems to just keep getting better. The great variety and invention on show here seems to just keep getting teased out more and more. (Edited)

From Strangel TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/06/2018 02:31 | #220641 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Art rock done extremely well. Two notable things to this album;
1) It has very engaging atmospherics ranging from distantly dreamy to psychedelically fuzzy with it's layers of guitar coming to the fore in certain songs.
2) It is a complete album of exceptional songs without a filler or mediocre moment.

It's also lyrically elusive in a good way. Bradford Cox's vocals seem a half dimension away. I was lucky enough to see them play in support of this album in a small intimate venue and they impressed with their stage presence.

ALBUM HIGHLIGHT: The outro guitar build to Desire Lines is immense and you know it's good when you want it to continue when the finish comes.

From pearljammer13 TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/24/2015 22:11 | #150397 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

The more time that goes by, the higher my opinion becomes of this album. The exceptional atmosphere and cohesiveness further elevates a bunch of already great individual songs into the pantheon of greatest albums to ever grace the Earth. If Fading Frontier is half as good as this i'll be happy.