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Deerhoof - The Magic

Review by Dustin Lowman

A resounding, absurdist joy.»

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After all the accolades from press and peers, what's a legendary band left to do? Rent out an abandoned office space in the middle of the desert in New Mexico in lieu of a regular recording studio, go in with little or no preconceived notions of what would happen, set up, plug in and get loud! After seven days Deerhoof had found (you guessed it) 'The Magic', a raw and refreshing wallop of an album about leaving your comfort zone and finding a pineapple. With 'The Magic', Deerhoof dreamed up an alchemy of '77 punk, pop, glam, hair metal, doo-wop, hip hop, and R&B, late-night car rides, long days, spandex, shadows, and attitude. Poetry into noise, volume knobs into pleasure, friendship into rock band.
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