Deerhoof drummer Greg Saunier has introduced his debut solo album: We Sang, Due to this fact We Had been arrives on April 26 by means of Blissful Noise. Saunier has shared the brand new LP’s lead unmarried, “Develop Like a Plant,” on which he handles vocals, guitar, and bass over the precise form of maniacal drum paintings on which he’s constructed his title. The track comes with a track video that includes dancer Sophie Daws transferring alongside to the beat in a wig; watch it under.
In a press unencumber, Saunier defined that “Develop Like a Plant” is indebted to Captain Beefheart’s “Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish,” from Trout Masks Copy, and used to be written within the octatonic scale that Igor Stravinsky made well-known with The Ceremony of Spring. As for the track’s lyrics, the ones delve into the intersection of overinflated vanity, self-annihilation, and modern-day fascism.
Unsurprisingly, however no much less spectacular, Saunier performs each tool himself on We Sang, Due to this fact We Had been. The album happened when, right through some downtime between displays in early December, his Deerhoof bandmates inspired him to make a document of his personal. “With nobody to thrill however myself, it got here in combination means quicker than standard. It used to be mainly completed by way of the vacations,” stated Saunier. “I were inquisitive about the announcement that the brand new Rolling Stones document used to be going to sound ‘offended.’ I believed, ‘Sure, I’m offended too.’ However Hackney Diamonds became out extra like cotton sweet than punk rock. So I went again to Nirvana.”
Closing yr, Deerhoof launched Miracle-Degree, the nineteenth studio album in their occupation and the primary sung completely in Satomi Matsuzaki’s local language of Eastern.
