Will Kaplan

'Cryptograms'

With their new album Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared gaining the warm reviews expected of a respected, mature band. Let’s remember where Deerhunter truly began their brilliant, edgy career—on their sophomore album, Cryptograms. That record has two distinct halves, created by two studio sessions recorded months apart. The atmospheric, shadowy first section gives way to the second half’s more immediate melody.