Deerhunter

Shoegazers of the world unite. A band worthy enough to bring this much maligned genre back to the fore has emerged. Guitar pedalism is on the menu and we can bathe our ears in a swell of feedback and amorphous delay once again.

Atlanta group Deerhunter's new album 'Cryptogram' is darkly stunning. There are echoes of Ride, Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive and even Sonic Youth. Yet this is no mere regurgitation of the past. This album shows a versatility, depth and luscious darkness that makes it stand on its own . It drags Shoegazing out of the musty past, dusts it off and kicks its ass well into the future.

I've never been comfortable with lengthy adjective and metaphor laden album reviews (as Elvis Costello said "writing about music is like dancing to architecture"), so I'll stop right there. This is merely an album recommendation. Click here to buy it from Amazon and here to download it from Emusic

Below is their video for album track 'Strange Lights' (directed by James Sumner).