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Deerhunter Research Paper

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Mixing genres and styles are not easy, but what is harder still, is staying relevant and above the rest, Deerhunter, an American indie rock band from Atlanta, Georgia has done just that and have seven full-length albums to proof it. Since 2001, Deerhunter has submerged themselves in neo-psychedelic, garage rock, shoegaze, and post-punk genres. I can still remember the first time when I listen to "Halycon Digest", their fifth full-length album. It was ultimately a good album, it had everything right from lyrics to instruments and musical composition but I knew deep down inside that something wasn't right about, it just did not quite stick to me as much as I wanted and I am still ashamed of having that same exact feeling for their seventh studio album Fading Frontier.

Fading Frontier is very much like that one girl in college who likes you, she's pretty, she's sweet and she should be every bit perfect for you. Everyone around you is expecting for both of you to get together, but you just can't. That feeling of blissful ignorance of reality and the blinding light of love isn't there. Fading Frontiers feels exactly like that, from the lo-fi presentation in songs like "Leather and Wood" to the psychedelic lullaby of "Breaker", Deerhunter just can't …show more content…

Personally this is my favorite track of the album due to its dreamy composition, admittedly I am a sucker for dream-pop. Other songs like "Skinhead" has you imagine a young man walking down a street wearing 90s jeans while giving clinch inducing winks at passerby. "Skinhead" is one of the more fast-paced songs with it's fast beats and interlacing tambourines, this song seems to be everyone's favorite but not

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