catalogue

DEERHOOF

THE RUNNERS FOUR (PINK & BLUE VINYL) (JOYFUL NOISE)

DEERHOOF - THE RUNNERS FOUR (PINK & BLUE VINYL) 160579
format:
2 LP
release:
27.10.2023
label:
JOYFUL NOISE
item ID:
160579
barcode:
0602309898328
Available on vinyl for the first time in over 15 years! The Runners Four is Deerhoof's double-LP concept album about friends banding together as honorable outlaws in a corrupt world, deciding what to save in an apocalypse, passing secret messages of warning and hope from a remade future back to a soon-to-be-destroyed present.

Abundant with lyrical allusions to the flood, where cargo hold claustrophobia inside meets a watery chaos outside, it was written and self-produced by Satomi Matsuzaki, John Dieterich, Chris Cohen and Greg Saunier while they holed up in a rented Oakland rehearsal room for the winter months 2004-5.

On pink and blue vinyl. "a heavy football, a no-half-stepping opus, a defining statement_ The Runners Four should occasion a moment to notice how a little band has gotten its scale and balance right: producing strong and inexpensive-sounding records in its own studio, making coverts through frequent touring, changing its sound every six months or so.

It's not easy, especially without becoming part of any movement_" - The New York Times "Deerhoof_has succeeded at something that's very hard to do: It has made records and built a devoted international following on the sheer power of its imagination.

And it's a mad, wild imagination..." - The Boston Globe "Deerhoof has forged yet another delightfully odd pop gem, multifaceted and sparkling with creativity." - Rolling Stone
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. CHATTERBOXES
  • 1.2. TWIN KILLERS
  • 1.3. RUNNING THOUGHTS
  • 1.4. VIVID CHEEK LOVE SONG
  • 1.5. O'MALLEY, FORMER UNDERDOG
  • 1.6. ODYSSEY
  • 1.7. WRONG TIME CAPSULE
  • 1.8. SPIRIT DITTIES OF NO TONE
  • 1.9. SCREAM TEAM
  • 1.10. YOU CAN SEE
  • 2.1. MIDNIGHT BICYCLE MYSTERY
  • 2.2. AFTER ME THE DELUGE
  • 2.3. SIRIUSTAR
  • 2.4. LEMON AND LITTLE LEMON
  • 2.5. LIGHTNING ROD, RUN
  • 2.6. BONE DRY
  • 2.7. NEWS FROM A BIRD
  • 2.8. SPY ON YOU
  • 2.9. YOU'RE OUR TWO
  • 2.10. RRRRRRRIGHT