Artist Atlas Sound
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Atlas Sound
Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox’s beautifully ethereal solo side project, Atlas Sound, trades his main gig’s noisier tendencies for gauzy sighs and small, captivating moments. Those moments get less small on his new Parallax, which finds Cox bursting out of the bedroom, pushing the pop footsteps of Deerhunter’s Halcyon Digest into a joyous sprint. Throughout, Cox’s guitars shake off country-western dust and his vocals hide behind Sun Records slapback: Given Cox’s post-punk roots, it makes for an oddly American-sounding record, like Elvis jamming on Richard Branson’s next Space X flight. Cox’s live shows carry the air of someone still adjusting to sunlight, but his self-aware sense of humor keeps even the clumsier moments entertaining.
Updated 12/05/2011

The best music of 2010
Milwaukee:
Bradford Cox of Deerhunter
Austin:
Atlas Sound, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Spectrum, and more confirmed for Psych Fest 4
Toronto:
Lanky, ethereal Atlas Sound plans North American jaunt
Twin Cities:
Lanky, ethereal Atlas Sound plans North American jaunt
Atlas Sound: Logos
Atlas Sound: Parallax
Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest
Stereolab: Not Music
Philadelphia:
Atlas Sound announces East Coast tour in support of Parallax
Hear the new song by Atlas Sound
Chicago:
Lanky, ethereal Atlas Sound plans North American jaunt
Milwaukee:
Exploring chillwave outside of the bedroom
Denver/Boulder:
Exploring chillwave outside of the bedroom
Washington D.C.:
Exploring chillwave outside of the bedroom
Madison:
No Age at Club 770 and Deerhunter at High Noon Saloon