Some Thoughts on Atlas Sound's New Album, Parallax.

Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox's latest album under his solo monicker, Atlas Sound, was released this week. The album is quite remarkable, and highly recommended. While the two albums have little in common, Parallax represents a significant evolution for Atlas Sound, much like Halcyon Digest did from previous Deerhunter releases. 

As was the case with "Logos" and "Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel," Parallax is still layered in sound and ambient textures. Cox, however, infuses more pop melodies while forgoing some of the raw experimentation that accompanied his previous releases. Parallax is thus a more unified work, rather than a collage of sound.

Here, from the new album, is Amplifiers.