Track of the Moment- Monomania by Deerhunter

Well this is a surprise. Deerhunter have been consistently good across their career, but not in the way that their new track Monomania is. The song really shakes things up in a good way and frankly it kicks ass. Who knew they could kick ass? Deerhunter’s frontman Bradford Cox has always expressed an affinity for aversive punk music, but it has never really made its way into his songs quite like it seems to on Monomania, which has Cox yelping and growling where normally he would coo and croon. At the same time its not that much of a departure from previous records, I don’t see anyone who liked Halcyon Digest being thinking that this is too different to like. More importantly though, if  this new angle did upset fans, Cox and the Deerhunter crew probably wouldn’t care, and hey, isn’t that what rock ‘n roll is all about? This makes me pretty excited to hear the new album, of which Monomania is the title track, and the thing will be released sometime later this year.