Bradford Cox’s return to the stage was already trigger for celebration. When Atlas Sound, his long-dormant solo challenge, was added to the invoice of Philadelphia’s Making Time ∞ pageant final month, the Deerhunter frontman hadn’t carried out dwell since 2019, save an impromptu noise set at an Athens, GA classic market in 2023. What few may have predicted was that Cox would debut a complete album’s value of all-new materials. His eight-song set, which I used to be blessed to expertise firsthand, was sparsely organized—the accompaniment amounted to a set of brass bells, a bass guitar, and Cox’s trusty SP-404—but transfixing all the identical.
Now, you’ll be able to hear a type of songs in its full-fledged studio incarnation. It’s known as “Octoberland” and it additionally arrives with a haunting music video, directed by Cox himself. Test it out beneath.
The identify Atlas Sound originates from a cassette karaoke machine {that a} middle-school-age Cox used to create his earliest recordings. Between 2008 and 2011, he put out three albums beneath the moniker—Let the Blind Lead These Who Can See However Can’t Really feel, Logos, and Parallax—plus the demo assortment Bed room Databank, Vols. 1-4. These data deviated from Deerhunter’s shoegaze and krautrock leanings, putting a higher emphasis on sampling and wall-of-sound pop.
For anybody who missed Atlas Sound at Making Time, fret not: Cox has three extra pageant dates deliberate in 2027: Large Ears in Knoxville, Kilby Block Celebration in Salt Lake Metropolis, and Primavera Sound in Barcelona.
Examine Logos at No. 20 in The 30 Finest Dream Pop Albums.
