Deerhunter
Cryptograms


Intro 2
Cryptograms 3
White Ink 2
Lake Somerset 3
Providence 3
Octet 2.5
Red Ink 3
Spring Hall Convert 3
Strange Lights 4
Hazel St. 3.5
Tape Hiss Orchid 4
Heatherwood 3.5

36.5/60
Score = 6.1

there is an uncertain haze covering the songs of this album. perhaps there was an air conditioner leak in the studio and some chemical mixed with the drugs the engineer was already on made him feel that the album should be mixed this way. or maybe it is suppose to. i really like it, because behind that haze i see a guy spilling his guts out on the floor trying just to make it in this world and the only way he can is sounding like he does. at other points in the record it feels like the engineer hit a bad trip and decided to put a mic on the broken air conditioner and throw delay pedals on it. some may say it adds to the psychedelic mood, but at those points all i really want to do is fall asleep or skip tracks. nothing much to grab onto, but surely an experience.