new atlas sound :: "holiday"

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Deerhunter's Microcastle Available Now on iTunes
Published 8/19/2008 by Paul Thompson at Pitchfork Media - Today
... The archive also contained early demos for Logos, the intended sophomore LP from Atlas Sound. For a brief period of time, Logos was posted to the blog as a free download, with Cox stating, "fuck this shit. I can just make another album. It's not finished and now it never will be." [Via Gorilla Vs Bear]. ...

Atlas Sound, Deerhunter: Deerhunter puts new album on iTunes two months in advance of release
Published 8/19/2008 at Prefix
... material was much rawer, and according to Gorilla vs. Bear , Cox has decided to scrap the material entirely, saying, "fuck this shit. I can just make another album. It's not finished and now it never will be." [ ...

Deerhunter - accidental leaks, an early release & MORE 2008 Tour dates (including Le Poisson Rouge in NYC?)
Published 8/20/2008 by brooklynvegan at brooklynvegan
... Naturally, when that material began to make their way around file-sharing sites, Cox reacted much in the same way anyone would: He sort of lost it, posting (and then deleting) a series of messages on his blog that ran the gamut from denial to anger to bargaining and finally, at around 3 a.m. Sunday morning, acceptance. Basically, he rifled through the entire grieving process in a little more than 12 hours. Could he have taken a step back, perhaps counted to 100, or physically separated his fingers from the keyboard? Yes. Did he? No. And maybe neither would you or I, for that ...

Young Jeezy and Nas Give Long-Awaited Presidential Endorsement
Published 8/20/2008 at Vulture
... Atlas Sound's (and Deerhoof's) Bradford Cox would probably like to "hold a knife to [the] perfect fucking face" of the guy who pilfered two unfinished albums and some personal photos when he dropped this virtual seven-inch on Mediafire and forgot to password-protect the rest of his files. [Gorilla vs. Bear] ...