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Atlas Sound

Let The Blind Lead Those Who See But Cannot Feel/Another Bedroom EP

Reissue on 4AD Aâ##tlas Sound is the solo moniker of Deerhunter frontman provocateur Bradford Cox it is also the earliest incarnation for his musical adventures Although 'Let the Blind Lead Those Who See But Cannot Feel' is the Georgian's debut album the genesis of this music can be traced back to when Bradford was in sixth grade a time when he discovered through reading a Beck interview that his family's disused karaoke machine could be used as a rudimentary multitracking device Furthermore the darker childhood experience of spending an entire summer on a children's hospital ward undergoing operations also understandably plays a pivotal part in colouring his music Bradford is everything with Atlas Sound and what you hear is a complex expansive bedroom recording totally absorbed and working at a prolific rate he channels a stream of consciousness leaving the scorched beauty of his vocals raw and untreated Citing the 'ideas that i can't make work with a five piece rock band' as the basis of his solo work and unrestricted he makes an unparalleled meld of garage rock and ambient electronics a sunken 44 techno beat underpinning 'Winter Vacation' perfect Mbira loops running over the top of 'Quarantined' just what it needed An insistent clipped drum roll carrying 'River Card' masterful It's this innate ability to combine all these disparate elements into a singular whole that makes this album such an enjoyable and unique listen 'Let the Blind Lead Those Who See But Cannot Feel' is a serious body of work that manages to combine seemingly incongruous sound elements to make a wonderfully cohesive pop narrative 2LP First time 4AD LP pressing includes bonus 'Another Bedroom' EP 2CD Double CD Version featuring bonus 'Another Bedroom' EP

Tracklist

• 1. A Ghost Story
  2. Recent Bedroom
  3. River Card
  4. Quarantined
  5. On Guard
  6. Winter Vacation
  7. Cold As Ice
  8. Scraping Past
  9. Small Horror
  10. Ready Set Glow
  11. Bite Marks
  12. After Class
  13. Ativan
  14. Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel

  Another Bedroom EP:
  15. Another Bedroom
  16. It Rained
  17. Stained Glass Swan
  18. Abandoned Closet
  19. Spring Break
  20. ABC Glasgow