2011 release from the critically lauded Alt-Rock outfti. The musical equivalent of hormones raging out of control, it explodes out of the speakers with its gawky triumph and inflamed sentimentality. These are songs that practically demand that you dance and sing along (however elastic the rhythms, or abrupt the melodies). To document their musical "coming-of-age" the band members could only trust themselves. Besides their cover of an obscure Greek film soundtrack instrumental ("Let's Dance the Jet"), and a song done for NY artist Adam Pendleton's documentary film installation BAND ("I Did Crimes for You"), these songs were completely self-recorded, mixed and mastered in practice spaces and basements with no engineers or outside input. Ironically the result is polished, blissfully exuberant, and huge-sounding.

For some reason, feels like this one feels like it's trying to find a solution to the past several albums to me. like they were all asking questions, and this one is trying to find an answer to the question. Electric rainbow!

Say what you will about Deerhoof, but they know how to write a beautiful song. And 'Offend Maggie' is all the more beautiful for the fact that it seems to come out of nowhere. For all its sparkling musicanship, it sounds casually tossed off like it was nothing at all. It's a new sound for the band as much as it's a new sound for pop music.

While John Dieterich's acoustic guitar seems to channel Malian guitarist Ali Farka Toure, Ed Rodriguez's electric conjures classic Townsend. Singer/bassist Satomi Matsuzaki (with drummer Greg Saunier on harmony vocal) tells a plaintive story in which telemarketing calls are a metaphor for unrequited love. The bittersweet magic of this short song promises a major thrill ride when its 14-track namesake is released next month.

For those who have been following their remarkable career, 'Offend Maggie' represents another Deerhoofian high-water mark, even as it shows another abrupt shift in direction. With these master gamesters, you can never guess their next move, but once they've made it, it somehow seems inevitable. One listen and you'll know 'Offend Maggie' could only be Deerhoof. Two listens and you'll be in love.

The result of a very long labor, Reveille feels to me like the sound of kids cleaning up after a messy birthday party. High on sugar but exhausted from pin the tail on the donkey.

Deerhoof play with a primal abandon and molten group chemistry that remains untamed since the band's early days. Still, at nearly twice the length of their previous albums, The Runners Four is more complex and challenging than anything they've recorded. This is more than rock; it's a wholesale rewrite of the rock and roll dictionary. Deerhoof herald the era of the defiant DIY album. The Runners Four: a quartet of racers, chasers, messengers, even smugglers, gleefully smashing through outmoded boundaries, bearing gifts of sonic contraband. This is Deerhoof's magnificent autobiography. Kill Rock Stars. 2005.

Swamp orchestras. Filmic tempo. Trans-continental by train!

2011 release from the critically lauded Alt-Rock outfti. The musical equivalent of hormones raging out of control, it explodes out of the speakers with its gawky triumph and inflamed sentimentality. These are songs that practically demand that you dance and sing along (however elastic the rhythms, or abrupt the melodies). To document their musical "coming-of-age" the band members could only trust themselves. Besides their cover of an obscure Greek film soundtrack instrumental ("Let's Dance the Jet"), and a song done for NY artist Adam Pendleton's documentary film installation BAND ("I Did Crimes for You"), these songs were completely self-recorded, mixed and mastered in practice spaces and basements with no engineers or outside input. Ironically the result is polished, blissfully exuberant, and huge-sounding.

The new mini-album from San Francisco's Deerhoof and it continues in the same quirk-Pop direction of their last release 'Milk Man'.

NOW AVAILABLE ON BLUE VINYLOriginally released in 2003 on CD by Kill Rock Stars and a very small pressing of vinyl on Menlo Park. Pressed on BLUE vinyl with digital download. Part of a series of Deerhoof vinyl reissues!Originally Released:Mar 2003Genre:Electronic, Rock Style:Experimental, Indie Rock TracklistA1 Dummy Discards A Heart A2 Heart Failure A3 Sealed With A Kiss A4 Flower A5 My Diamond Star Car A6 Apple Bomb B1 The Forbidden Fruits B2 L'Amour Stories B3 Dinner For Two B4 Panda Panda Panda B5 Hayley And Homer B6 Adam + Eve Connection B7 Blue Cash