Miracle-Level
奇跡レベル MIRACLES WANTED! (EVERYTHING IS A MIRACLE EXCEPT WAR AND GASOLINE) PHASE-OUT ALL REMAINING NON-MIRACLES BY 2028 (LUCKILY THERE AREN’T THAT MANY ANYWAY) WE NEED ONLY *LOVE* SONGS (YES, THIS WORD GETS USED OFTEN) BUT I MEAN HIGH-LEVEL I MEAN MIRACLE LEVEL LET’S WASH OUR DIRTY HANDS WITH LOVE LET’S LIVE LET’S WALK CLOSELY TOGETHER I CAN HOLD AN UMBRELLA FOR YOU FOR A LONG TIME Deerhoof’s new album, Miracle-Level, was produced, recorded, and mixed by Mike Bradavski at No Fun Studios in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It’s the band’s 19th album and the first to be produced, recorded and mixed entirely in a recording studio. All of the songs are in Japanese.
Recorded in single takes with minimal overdubs, the San Francisco band’s latest album—its first sung entirely in Satomi Matsuzaki’s native Japanese—is a confident set of small epiphanies.
Nineteen albums into their career, Deerhoof still finds new ways to express themselves.
For the better part of three decades, experimental DIY quartet Deerhoof have been pushing the boundaries of rock music.
Miracle-Level by Deerhoof review: a resolutely DIY band finally turn to a conventional studio setup for inspiration
Deerhoof's 'Miracle-Level' explores music's humanitarian capabilities, expressing a longing for the miraculous and a rejection of the mundane.
After three decades of doing everything unlike anyone else, perhaps it makes sense that only now are the band releasing an album made in a proper studio