Foil Deer

Foil Deer
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Coming soonFoil Deer is the sophomore album from Massachusettsâ‚¬ Speedy Ortiz. â‚¬Å“Iâ‚¬m not bossy, Iâ‚¬m the boss,â‚¬Â Sadie Dupuis sings on first single â‚¬Å“Raising the Skate,â‚¬Â invoking in spirit one half of the Carter-Knowles clan and echoing the otherâ‚¬s wordplay. And wordplay makes sense, considering Dupuisâ‚¬"the bandâ‚¬s songwriter, guitarist, and frontwomanâ‚¬"spent the bandâ‚¬s first few years teaching writing at UMass Amherst. Sheâ‚¬s drawn to the dense complexity of Pynchon, the dreamlike geometry of BolaÂ±o, the confounded yearning of Plathâ‚¬"all attributes you could easily apply to the bandâ‚¬s 2013 debut Major Arcana, which fans and press alike have invested with a sense of purpose and merit uncommon in contemporary guitar rock. Dupuis wrote much of Foil Deer at her motherâ‚¬s home in the Connecticut woods, where the songwriter imposed a self-regulated exile and physical cleansing of sorts, finding that many of the songs came to her while running or swimming alone. â‚¬Å“I gave up wasting mental energy on people who didnâ‚¬t have my back,â‚¬Â she says. â‚¬Å“This music isnâ‚¬t coming from a dark place, and without slipping into self-empowerment jargon, it feels stronger.â‚¬Â Many of the songs deal with a similar sense of starting over, editing out the unnecessary drama. â‚¬Å“Boys be sensitive and girls be, be aggressive,â‚¬Â she sings on â‚¬Å“Mister Difficult.â‚¬Â And while their debut album was recorded on the fly, Speedy Ortiz spent almost a month in the studio on Foil Deer. Mike Falconeâ‚¬s drums are taut, mechanistic; Darl Fermâ‚¬s bass ranges from the aggressive rattle of an AmRep classic to smoother, hip-hop inspired lines. Devin McKnight, meanwhile, lends spacier, textural riffs to complement Dupuisâ‚¬ wiry, melody-driven guitar style. It was recorded and mixed at Brooklynâ‚¬s Rare Book Room with Nicolas Vernhes (Silver Jews, Enon, Deerhunter), with the record mastered by Emily Lazar (Sia, Haim, Beauty Pill), lending a more polished sound and a pop sensibility that will stand out to existing fans and new converts alike.
Country USA
Brand Carpak Records
Manufacturer Carpark Records
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 0677517010329
ReleaseDate 2015-04-21
UnitCount 1
UPCs 677517010329
EANs 0677517010329

Country	USA
Brand	Carpak Records
Manufacturer	Carpark Records
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	0677517010329
ReleaseDate	2015-04-21
UnitCount	1
UPCs	677517010329
EANs	0677517010329

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