Love-Lore

by Deerhoof

it's important for me to never shut the Hell up about Love-Lore i just love it SO much. from Benjamin Piekut's write-up on the bandcamp page:

My first idea was to ask the band to perform a complete album, start to finish, but not one of their own. We thought a complete cover version of an old record by Mauricio Kagel or Luciano Berio might be fun. Ultimately, the band settled on a much better idea, which turned into the medleys that you hear on this release. I loved this solution because it highlighted the active role of listening, the participatory dynamic of the vernacular, and the almost pedagogical quality of musical arrangement: “Here is how we hear this one!”

do you know how happy that final sentence especially makes me!!! the participatory dynamic of the vernacular!!! "here is how we hear this one!" !!! i'm yelling!!!