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Actually, You Can
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Actually, You Can
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For
Deerhoof
, the tumultuous late 2010s and early 2020s were a call to arms and a time of rejuvenation. The venerable band made some of the most vital music of their career with
Future Teenage Cave Artists
and the brilliant mini-album Love-Lore, which condensed and contextualized some of the 20th century's musical highlights into a short yet sprawling medley that paid homage to revolutionary artists ranging from
Ornette Coleman
to
the B-52s
. With
Actually, You Can
, they continue that momentum. Arriving quickly after those releases,
's 18th album brings a brashly hopeful perspective to the issues they explored on the dense and challenging
and builds on Love-Lore's concise yet jam-packed approach to genre-mashing (and also echoes
Friend Opportunity
,
Offend Maggie
, and the galvanizing cheer of
Mountain Moves
). Influences as far-flung as Baroque classical music, Tejano, and Japanese harvest festival music bounce off of each other merrily. Fanfare-like riffs embellish interpolations of a
Handel
aria and a
Maya Angelou
essay on "Be Unbarred, O Ye Gates of Hell"; "Scarcity Is Manufactured" fights notions of austerity with a parade-like abundance of joy and sound; and "Divine Comedy" closes the record with what could be a medley in its own right. While making the album, the band were also inspired by the live shows they couldn't play due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, and it's as if they're playing twice as hard on
to make up for lost time. Given how fierce "Plant Thief" and "Epic Love Poem" sound, it's hard to believe
didn't record them together in a studio or on a stage, but actually, they didn't.
Ed Rodriguez
and
John Dieterich
's jaw-dropping guitar work leads the way on songs such as "Department of Corrections," but there's also plenty of expressive work from drummer
Greg Saunier
and vocalist/bassist
Satomi Matsuzaki
on "Ancient Mysteries, Described," which offers more proof that even
's poppiest songs will (fortunately) never follow a straight path, and on "Our Philosophy Is Fiction," where the band's performances go in opposite but complementary directions. A manifesto that only
could create,
is a perfect example of how they achieve what seems like the impossible time and time again -- and with its heroic doses of fun and optimism, it reminds listeners that actually, they can too. ~ Heather Phares
Deerhoof
, the tumultuous late 2010s and early 2020s were a call to arms and a time of rejuvenation. The venerable band made some of the most vital music of their career with
Future Teenage Cave Artists
and the brilliant mini-album Love-Lore, which condensed and contextualized some of the 20th century's musical highlights into a short yet sprawling medley that paid homage to revolutionary artists ranging from
Ornette Coleman
to
the B-52s
. With
Actually, You Can
, they continue that momentum. Arriving quickly after those releases,
's 18th album brings a brashly hopeful perspective to the issues they explored on the dense and challenging
and builds on Love-Lore's concise yet jam-packed approach to genre-mashing (and also echoes
Friend Opportunity
,
Offend Maggie
, and the galvanizing cheer of
Mountain Moves
). Influences as far-flung as Baroque classical music, Tejano, and Japanese harvest festival music bounce off of each other merrily. Fanfare-like riffs embellish interpolations of a
Handel
aria and a
Maya Angelou
essay on "Be Unbarred, O Ye Gates of Hell"; "Scarcity Is Manufactured" fights notions of austerity with a parade-like abundance of joy and sound; and "Divine Comedy" closes the record with what could be a medley in its own right. While making the album, the band were also inspired by the live shows they couldn't play due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, and it's as if they're playing twice as hard on
to make up for lost time. Given how fierce "Plant Thief" and "Epic Love Poem" sound, it's hard to believe
didn't record them together in a studio or on a stage, but actually, they didn't.
Ed Rodriguez
and
John Dieterich
's jaw-dropping guitar work leads the way on songs such as "Department of Corrections," but there's also plenty of expressive work from drummer
Greg Saunier
and vocalist/bassist
Satomi Matsuzaki
on "Ancient Mysteries, Described," which offers more proof that even
's poppiest songs will (fortunately) never follow a straight path, and on "Our Philosophy Is Fiction," where the band's performances go in opposite but complementary directions. A manifesto that only
could create,
is a perfect example of how they achieve what seems like the impossible time and time again -- and with its heroic doses of fun and optimism, it reminds listeners that actually, they can too. ~ Heather Phares
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