Foil Deer

AlbumApr 21 / 201512 songs, 41m 6s
Indie Rock
Popular Highly Rated

Produced & mixed by Nicolas Vernhes & Speedy Ortiz Engineered by Gabe Wax at Rare Book Room, Brooklyn, NY Mastered by Emily Lazar & assisted by Chris Allgood at The Lodge, New York, NY Art by Sadie Dupuis Art photography & craft support by Caitlin Bechtel All songs by Sadie Dupuis/ July Was Hot (BMI) ©2015 Carpark Records CAK 103 Buy this IRL: store.carparkrecords.com/products/543382-cak103-speedy-ortiz-foil-deer

7.9 / 10

The sophomore album from indie-rock traditionalists Speedy Ortiz is more ferocious and visceral than their debut, with leader Sadie Dupuis honing her talent for turning her sour experiences into anthems about clawing your way out of self-doubt.

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Because of its unmistakable Pavement influence, Speedy Ortiz will always have slacker terminology attached to it. Yet it’s that descriptor that discredits just how deliberate the band’s songs have been since its inception. It’s those references to slacker rock that make Foil Deer’s first single, “Raising The Skate,”…

8 / 10

The moment wherein Sadie Dupuis & Co. say 'f**k you if you don’t take us seriously'.

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Major Arcana, the debut studio album from Northampton, Massachusetts band Speedy Ortiz, wasn’t exactly a surprise success.

Check out our album review of Artist's Foil Deer on Rolling Stone.com.

A snarling, twisted, mischievous creation, ‘Foil Deer’ is a leaping, high-spirited joy of a record.

Falling somewhere between Major Arcana's twists and turns and Real Hair's nods to Top 40 pop, Foil Deer is some of Speedy Ortiz's most polished, and unpredictable, music.

7 / 10

Critics like to peg Speedy Ortiz as heirs to the Pavement throne. But while there is a fair bit of slack in the band's playing that, in the...

6.0 / 10

Speedy Ortiz came out of the gate in a big way with 2013's Major Arcana. It had a lot of blissful fuzz and clever, off-kilter guitar lines, and it drew inevitable comparisons to Pavement.

Likable Sadie Dupuis and co sadly fail to transcend her record collection

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Review of 'Foil Deer' the new full-length from Speedy Ortiz, the album comes out on April 21st via Carpark Records. The first single is "Raising the Skate."

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Album Reviews: Speedy Ortiz - Foil Deer

A third album worth shouting about from US indie rockers. CD review by Lisa-Marie Ferla

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