Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
 

So, I've been listening to the new deerhoof lp and I love it. The only thing is I wish that it was longer. I think that they spoiled us with Runners Four because there was so many tracks on it.

Anyone else heard it yet?

I've heard '+81' and it's great.

anybody got the mp3s? and is this out on vinyl? i went to KRS the other day and found CD only. perhaps i may have been drunk. but if anyone could help, i'd take a picture of them when i go see them in phoenix this march. or something. eh????

I have '+81' if you're interested. Instant message me on AIM.

oh thank +81 is on the KRS site & i got it but i wasn't too completely bowled over & i was hoping for more goodies. i guess... i love those guys so much i'll order the record anyway, as a show of good trust. or maybe wait to buy it at the show.... hm... maybe it will be on vinyl.

thanks for the offer, much appreciated though.

Dude, I signed on to AIM for you and everything! :p

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I have the CD... it kicks ass. Very funky.

I pretty much like every track, although the last one is a little long in my opinion.

My favorites are The Perfect Me, +81, The Galaxist, Choco Fight, and Matchbook Seeks Maniac. Kidz are so small is fun too.

It's decent. Though it's no Apple O'.

Rather the poppy Deerhoof album! Nothing too weird until the sprawled-out opus of a finale, which I enjoyed best.

It's probably a grower, however. I think I'll hear more and more clever little touches with each listen. That's the beauty of this band.

ive been listening to it for a few months now and it is a great album. its the album which might tip them into the semi mainstream a la flaming lips, who they of course toured with last year. its by no means my fav dh album but i really really like it!

Some days I love it, some days I don't.

I love it. When I listen to it, I hear bits and pieces of old Deerhoof in Friend Opportunity. It's like they took everything they knew how to do and put it in one album. I think the most notable thing (regarding Chris Chohen's departure) would be the lack of high pitched noodling, but the rest of the band deals with that nicely.

shopping shoppers!!!!

I love the way she sings that!

It's not bad. On the same level as an Apple O', not as good as Reveille or The Runners Four. It's more efficient, more refined, slicker production. A part of me still yearns for their noisier jams of the past, but this is good in it's own way. That "If I were man and you were dog" song and the last song are my favorites. The only song I really dislike is that ballad-y song, track 6 I think.

the galaxist really does it for me. great track.

The last track is an instrumental for some play or movie or something like that...either way, i'm digging it. They're still getting better and better live too, this material especially.

Ive seen Deerhoof live, and loved them but ive never gotten around to buying anything by them. i might start with Freind opportunity.

Woo-hoo! Deerhoof play London in May, a few days before my birthday. I'll be there.

I just picked it up and I have to say it's awesome and frustrating at the same time.
Like all their previous albums (with the exception of Apple O and Reveille), it's highly uneven (less uneven than Milkman though), and you wish it were longer. But still after the big letdown that Runners Fours was it's good to see they're back to doing what they do best. Finito the sugary uninteresting songs of the Runners Four. The first four songs are totally awesome and they remind me of the highlights of Reveille(this magnificent bird will rise, punchy buggy valves to name a few).
The disappointment comes from the seconf part of the album : the cutesy harmonies and instrumentarium becomes annoying and it sounds like they're rehashing some Runner Fours songs ( wither the invisible, kidz are so small).
The exception here is the innocent and charming 'choco fight'.
Fortunately though in 'look away' they proove that they can sustain musical interest in this lengthy song without sounding like they're trying too hard.
They're here as inventive as in "the Trumpeter swan".
Other than that, Deerhoof kicks ass !!

i like it, just like it; it does get a bit boring and very sugary mellow at times, i probably won't play it much.

oh. damn.

i havent heard it yet. as it turns out i didnt have any internet of my own until recently and so...

you are not missing much, the style is very similar to the milk man but not as quirky and charismatic.

I picked this album up a few days ago, was in my local record store and it jumped out at me. Its really got a poppy, kind of hip hop feel to it, its pretty awesome. I showed my friend and he said that he hasn't heard of such material since like wowee zowee.
I only heard of them last year, I like the sound of their earlier stuff too, incorparates much more noise I suppose, but this album has its wacky tracks too.
I really fell in love with the unconventional timings, that whole pushing the physical boundaries, with a wide range of influences. The vocal harmonies are like the cream of the cake.

it's bloody amazing

I don't really like this record. spun it twice and I am underwhelmed. it seems a bit lazy and complacent.

a nice and long interview here (the video is in english, the website is italian):
http://www.indie-eye.it/eyecast/2007...ring-deerhoof/

I gotta say I'm mostly in agreement with your assessment. Yeah, it's still better than a lot of newer stuff out there, and there are some good passages though.


Pretty dead-on there--It just might be their weakest besides the reworkings on the Green Cosmos ep.

It does have a nice cover.

yeah runner's four is definitive. friend opportunity is good enough, there's a stretch on it where noting seems to happen.