Midnight, The Stars and You

Deerhoof

DEERHOOF have continually quested for daring storytelling and radical sounds over their nineteen boundless albums, as experimental as they are pop. Deerhoof’s most recent album ‘Miracle Level’(out now on Joyful Noise) is also their first to be recorded and mixed in a recording studio. Not because they had tired of their anarchic sound, but because they wanted to open their secretive DIY comfort zone up to something new and uncomfortable. Our research has not turned up many examples of a DIY band waiting 28 years to entrust their record to a proper producer.

‘Miracle-Level’ is an avant-garde, anti-fascist carnival, its spicy surprises whispered conspiratorially and lit by candlelight. Sit down, let me tell you a story celebrating the infinite small wonders of existence…the miracles that spontaneously present themselves when we’re not distracted by the tribalism and manipulation of our death-driven masters…the miracles that Artificial Intelligence will never replicate. Deerhoof speak in a secret code in which hooks abound, genre is nonexistent, and magic ever awaits us.

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Upset The Rhythm

Deerhoof - Miracle-Level

Deerhoof - Midnight, The Stars and You

Gigs

London

Lafayette

Sit down, let me tell you a story. We look at the state of the world and think, “It’ll be a miracle if we survive.” But miracles are what humans do as our planet’s most inventive and unpredictable species. Miracle-Level is Deerhoof’s mystical manifesto on creativity and trust, its answer to the artificial industries of deception, coercion, and boredom we’re forced to put up with.

Deerhoof’s 19th album is also their first to be recorded and mixed in a recording studio. Not because they had tired of their anarchic sound, but because they wanted to open their secretive DIY comfort zone up to something new and uncomfortable. Our research has not turned up many examples of a DIY band waiting 28 years to entrust their record to a proper producer. But in summer 2022 Deerhoof decided to take a chance.

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Deerhoof - Milk Man

Bristol

The Lanes

AFTER 28 YEARS, DEERHOOF RECORDS THEIR STUDIO DEBUT AND IT’S ALL IN JAPANESE.

Deerhoof’s 19th album is also their first to be recorded and mixed in a recording studio. Not because they had tired of their anarchic sound, but because they wanted to open their secretive DIY comfort zone up to something new and uncomfortable. Our research has not turned up many examples of a DIY band waiting 28 years to entrust their record to a proper producer. But in summer 2022 Deerhoof decided to take a chance.

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Elsewhere Margate

Deerhoof								

Margate

The Lido

***AFTER 28 YEARS, DEERHOOF RECORDS THEIR STUDIO DEBUT AND IT’S ALL IN JAPANESE***

Sit down, let me tell you a story. We look at the state of the world and think, “It’ll be a miracle if we survive.” But miracles are what humans do as our planet’s most inventive and unpredictable species. Miracle-Level is Deerhoof’s mystical manifesto on creativity and trust, its answer to the artificial industries of deception, coercion, and boredom we’re forced to put up with.

Deerhoof’s 19th album is also their first to be recorded and mixed in a recording studio. Not because they had tired of their anarchic sound, but because they wanted to open their secretive DIY comfort zone up to something new and uncomfortable. Our research has not turned up many examples of a DIY band waiting 28 years to entrust their record to a proper producer. But in summer 2022 Deerhoof decided to take a chance. 

“*Seemingly out of nowhere, I was presented with a miracle-level opportunity to produce Deerhoof,*” says Mike Bridavsky, a total stranger to the band until Joyful Noise founder Karl Hofstetter suggested him. *“Two consecutive weeks at No Fun Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I began listening through their albums and realized: I have no fucking idea how to make a Deerhoof record. Did anyone? They’d assembled a catalog of thoughtful, wild, and unique records, each different from the one before. I was about to be inserted into a thriving creative organism that’s worked almost exclusively with each other, with unlimited control of every blip and bleep. This was the session I’d been dreaming of for my whole professional life—and I was terrified.”*

Bridavsky realized he had to build trust—trust that he would safeguard their one-of-a-kind musical personality. *“In my first call with Greg, I was relieved that we had an instant rapport. Their biggest concern was dispensing with the months of obsessive tinkering that usually make their albums sound so beautiful and insane. He told me, ‘We don’t want to do our usual aggro control-freak thing. We’re going for bare-minimum production that doesn’t push the listener around.’”* 

Nor was this to be the only departure from standard operating procedure. The band emailed Bridavsky the music they’d been listening to for inspiration: Rosalía, Meridian Brothers, Les Freres Michot, Ngola Ritmos, Mozart opera. It occurred to them that none of this was in English. Satomi decided that she’d like to forsake the language of “*the world’s policeman*” and write Miracle-Level’s lyrics entirely in her native tongue.

After months of paring their demos down to Deerhoofian nuggets of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic gold, Deerhoof spent their final pre-recording week in a rehearsal room near John’s house in Minneapolis. There, just before Bridavsky’s 42nd birthday, Bridavsky met the band face to face for the first time. *“They sat me down and performed the entire album from beginning to end. I knew we were about to make an amazing record. We went back to John’s where he prepared the most delightful fresh-baked pizza and apple pie followed by an a capella rendition of ‘Happy Birthday’. We hadn’t even made it to the studio yet, and this was already one of the best sessions I’d ever been a part of.”*

Arriving in Winnipeg the next day, Deerhoof picked out drums and amps from the studio’s collection, Satomi chose the room where she most liked the sound of her voice, and Greg selected which of the studio’s three pianos he preferred for the album’s piano ballads.1 Five days later, they had finished tracking Miracle-Level a day ahead of schedule.2 The fateful moment for mixing had arrived. *“We’d reached a level of mutual trust where the band was comfortable with me mixing alone. I’d send them away and when I felt a mix was ready, I’d call them back into the control room to listen. The look of excitement and accomplishment on everyone’s faces is something I’ll never forget. Satomi, Ed, John and Greg tried something different on this record, and the result is Deerhoof at their most sparse and vulnerable.”*

The record they walked out with at the end of two weeks is often unexpectedly sotto voce, a drama term referring to emphasis attained by lowering one’s voice. Miracle-Level is an avant-garde, anti-fascist carnival, its spicy surprises whispered conspiratorially, and lit by candlelight. Sit down, let me tell you a story celebrating the infinite small wonders of existence…the miracles that spontaneously present themselves when we’re not distracted by the tribalism and manipulation of our death-driven masters…the miracles that Artificial Intelligence will never replicate. Deerhoof speak in a secret code in which hooks abound, genre is nonexistent, and magic ever awaits us.

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Brighton

Concorde 2

**The Jesus and Mary Chain, Dinosaur Jr., Antònia Font, DOMi & JD Beck, Biig Piig, Deerhoof y Blonde Redhead, entre otros, actuarán en el Magic Robin Hood Camp de Benidorm el 17 y 18 de noviembre**

**· Todas las opciones de entradas y packs con alojamiento y dietas incluidos estarán a la venta el 15 de junio en DICE**

**Si las ediciones de Primavera Sound en Barcelona, Madrid, Porto o Latinoamérica son tomos voluminosos y en tapa dura, Primavera Weekender tiene espíritu de bolsilibro: manejable, portátil, adaptable a cualquier momento y circunstancia. También ataja toda veleidad para ir directo a lo que importa, a la concatenación de emociones familiares y deseadas… Aunque por el camino siempre hay lugar para descubrir algún que otro placer desconocido. La inmensidad del Parc del Fòrum y de la Ciudad del Rock es terreno abonado a la épica de las grandes travesías, mientras que la experiencia weekender resulta idónea para las peripecias por entregas, inmediatas y efectivas. Primavera Weekender posee un hechizo único que volverá a conjurarse el 17 y 18 de noviembre en el citado resort Magic Robin Hood Camp de Benidorm.**

**El público que está asistiendo a la jornada inaugural de Primavera Sound en Barcelona ya ha podido ver la lona con el cartel completo de Primavera Weekender 2023. Pero, siguiendo con el mantra velvetiano que une las distintas manifestaciones de Primavera este año, in case you don’t know, en esta cuarta entrega, The Jesus and Mary Chain y Dinosaur Jr. repartirán caramelos calcinados, mientras que Antònia Font seguirán dando cuenta de las muchas alegrías que está dando la reactivación de su singular imaginario pop. Un trío de final bosses que identifica distintas páginas de la historia artística de Primavera, como también sucede con los acentos sinuosos del rock alternativo según Deerhoof y Blonde Redhead, con el hardcore policromado de Fucked Up y OFF!, el post-punk airado de Protomartyr, el estudio del baile que realizan Public Service Broadcasting, la veteranía arty de Bush Tetras o con las canciones nobles de Bob Mould y Alan Sparhawk (en su primera visita tras la muerte de su compañera en Low, Mimi Parker).**

**Una historia abierta siempre a nuevos capítulos, como los de la visión gen-Z del jazz que representan DOMi & JD Beck (con quienes tendremos un primer contacto en los próximos dias en los festivales de Barcelona y Madrid), el chicle pop que mastica Biig Piig, la resaca early noughties en la que vive The Dare, los criptogramas art-pop de Water From Your Eyes, la onda fría que bailan Model/Actriz y los estribillos punk de Mannequin Pussy.**

**Y, por supuesto, un relato que se narra desde la cercanía, recorriendo todas las posibilidades de una escena estatal en la que figuran las expansivas miniaturas de Renaldo & Clara, las proteínas que aportan Aiko el grupo, las partidas arcade-punk que echan sistema de entretenimiento, el punto de encuentro entre el folk y lo experimental al que han llegado HEAL, vàlius, que llevarán a Benidorm su particular concepción del karaoke con guitarra, batería y voz espontánea, O los dj sets de Brava e Indiespot vs Xtrarradio. Como ya es tradición, Mainline Magic Orchestra se adueñarán de un escenario en la jornada del sábado, realizando su performance house, dividiendo el átomo para que sus componentes Daniel 2000, John Heaven y Nile Fee ejerzan de DJ e invitando a sus amigos Ciutat, AMORE, TRISTÁN! y mori a la fiesta.**

**La juerga colectiva de Mainline Magic Orchestra es una síntesis de uno de los rasgos indispensables de la personalidad de Primavera Weekender: la celebración de la familia Primavera, formada por el festival, el público y los artistas; los tres vértices que han escrito las dos décadas de historia del festival y que en Benidorm conviven de manera literal, sentados en la misma mesa y participando de una misma aventura.**

**Las entradas para Primavera Weekender 2023, a la venta a partir del próximo jueves 15 de junio a través de DICE, incluyen acceso a los conciertos, régimen de pensión completa durante el fin de semana y alojamiento durante dos noches en bungalows con un mínimo de 2 personas y un máximo de 6. Todos los precios y modalidades de entradas ya se pueden consultar en la página web de Primavera Sound.**

Evento para mayores de 18 años (necesario traer DNI).

Primavera Sound S. L.

Primavera Weekender 2023

The Jesus And Mary Chain

DINOSAUR JR.

Antònia Font

DOMi & JD BECK

Blonde Redhead

Alicante

Magic Robin Hood

DEERHOOF | LIVE \_ MILANO

12 FEBBRAIO 2024 | ARCI BELLEZZA

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Milano

ARCI Bellezza

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Dopo ventotto anni di attività rigorosamente DIY, i Deerhoof, stravagante e inimitabile band indie-rock statunitense di San Francisco, pubblicano “Miracle-Level”, il primo album in studio della loro carriera, interamente cantato in giapponese, uscito il 31 marzo su Joyful Noise Recordings. È stato registrato negli studi di Mike Bradavski e si propone come un manifesto mistico sulla creatività e la fiducia, oltre che come una risposta critica all'inganno di un certo tipo di industry. Il ‘miracolo’ infatti, si riferisce proprio all’ideale di un mondo libero dai condizionamenti espliciti ed impliciti della politica e dei mass-media. Anche la scelta di utilizzare il giapponese, lingua madre della cantante e bassista Satomi Matsuzaki, segue questa scelta di emancipazione anche dal linguaggio imposto dalla globalizzazione e che affonda le sue radici nel colonialismo. Il risultato è un album per molti versi inedito ma che stilisticamente conserva la libertà compositiva che ha sempre caratterizzato la band e che ne ha fatto un culto per i fan. In ventotto anni i Deerhoof non hanno mai perso la loro verve creativa, che anzi, in questo caso si rafforza ancora di più grazie alla collaborazione in studio con Mike Bradavski.

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Bologna

Locomotiv Club

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