Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Music news Atlas Sound's "Doctor" b/w "The Screens" virtual 7-inch is up for download
Posted by Chad Radford @ChadRad on Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 3:33 PM
Atlas Sound has a new virtual 7-inch single posted as a free download over at Deerhunter's blog. The A-side features a cover of a bounding pop number called "Doctor" by the old school Doo-Wop group, the Five Discs.
The B-Side is a very slow bout of moonlit harmonica doodling and cooing. If you caught Atlas Sound during the most recent tour with the Selmanaires you most likely caught a glimpse of Bradford Cox's introduction of the wretched blues harp. It's tough to bring said instrument into the fold while maintaining even the slightest sense of sincerity, but he seems to be working it in pretty seamlessly. But to wield it for anything more than subtle texture would be the death of the song -- as such its presence alone creates beautiful, psychological tension.
The harmonica's arrival also coincides with an equally unexpected flare for pop narrative, as portrayed on the flipside of this virtual single. But there's a push toward conflict as well as Cox seems to have also developed an affinity for mashing-up Neil Young-style stridency, longing and melancholy in one fell swoop. Still, it's a cool couple of songs that show him expanding his repertoire and embracing some stylistically changes growth while keep a grasp on his own, musical fingerprint.
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