Genre defying San Fran indie darlings Deerhoof return to Australia for the first time in over 10 years in support of their new album, Miracle Level. The nineteenth release in a 30 year history, and their first sung entirely in Japanese, 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.
With chaotic angular rhythms & sweetly delivered vocals, Deerhoof remind us why they have been a mainstay for 3 decades and a much loved, world renowned spectacular live act. We are thrilled to share that they will be gracing stages around Australia in June.
WED, 12TH JUNE | Brunswick Ballroom, Melbourne
THURS, 13TH JUNE | Vivid, Sydney (Machine Hall)
FRI, 14TH JUNE | The Zoo, Brisbane
SAT, 15TH JUNE | The Jive Bar, Adelaide
SUN, 16TH JUNE | The Milk Bar, Perth
The album title Miracle Level was born from a simple, yet powerful observation by the band “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 first album recorded and mixed in a professional 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.
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 in Minneapolis. There, they met with with sound engineer and producer Mike Bridavsky face to face for the first time.
“They sat me down and performed the entire album from beginning to end” recalls Bridvasky. “I knew we were about to make an amazing record.”
They spent five days recording at No Fun Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with Bridavsky, and several more days mixing. 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. Overall, Miracle Level is an avant-garde, anti-fascist carnival, its spicy surprises whispered conspiratorially, and lit by candlelight. A turn in the road from Deerhoof’s usual recording process, but a welcomed one at that.
Deerhoof will be gracing Australian shores this June to celebrate the release of Miracle Level. Don’t miss out on a chance to see them.