Rainwater Cassette Exchange

Pitchfork 7.5/10 The fourth Deerhunter-related release on Kranky since October, this five-song EP ranges from translucent psych-pop to pummeling garage-rock.

A.V. Club C Atlanta’s Deerhunter is known for a handful of scandalous things—in addition to a glowing reputation for creating top-notch ethereal noise rock—but imitating others has never been one of them. Though last year’s great Microcastle album incorporated broad swaths of psychedelia and garage rock, the stew was always…

The Line of Best Fit 7/10 Rainwater Cassette Exchange seems to exist as a microcosm of Microcastle. All muscle and no fat, this EP builds on the last album’s diversions into taut, yet dreamy, pop music.

Clash 8/10 Atlanta-based avant-rock foursome Deerhunter aren’t exactly in the habit of keeping a secret – this five-track EP, like the two albums that preceded it it, leaked onto the ‘