Deerhoof

Deerhoof

Plays The Music of The Shining

Famous Class

***BACK IN STOCK!!! Received a 7.1 rating from Pitchfork. Stanley Kubrick has a troubled past with DEERHOOF. An argument over whether Eyes Wide Shut was good almost broke up the band in 1999 and again in 2003. When Famous Class suggested a 7" of music from The Shining, the band waffled for three years about whether they thought they could do it justice. But once a Halloween release date was proposed, Deerhoof couldn't resist. They got the score to Bartok's "Music For Strings, Percussion and Celesta" out of the library, and transcribed one of the 20s songs straight from the closing credits. Music that in the movie echoed from some ghostly, gilded past takes on a more urgent character in Deerhoof's versions, as if to underscore that the horrors of white supremacy, oligarchy, and domestic abuse are alive and well in 2018 America.

Deerhoof

I Thought We Were Friends

Famous Class

***DEERHOOF returns just 4 months after their magnificent new LP The Magic with a brand new 45rpm heatseeker. “I thought We Were Friends” was born between tour dates, self-recorded, mixed, and mastered in the band's Brooklyn practice space and GREG's basement. On the A-side we have the mesmeric pop gem “Risk Free” featuring the vocal duet of SATOMI and Greg. The flip side gives us “Delight,” Deerhoof’s own victory march. Think the “Brass Bonanza” pumped through the nastiest, most shredded PA system you’ve ever heard. It all comes housed in a beautiful screen printed jacket featuring art from Satomi and a poly-lined inner sleeve. (STREET DATE – 11/18/2016)