Deer Leader, via their bandcamp page, describe themselves as “three multi instrumentalist producers from Glasgow who like a bit of noise.”
Heading over to the Last Night From Glasgow website, the label on which their debut album was released:-
Initially a purely instrumental outfit, the group have previously released a double A-side single “Know Everything, Know Everyone/Last Acts of a Desperate Man”, which received attention from a few US blog sites and favourable reviews from the local music press.
However, the group has spent the last few years reworking their sound with revered producer Andy Miller (Mogwai, Arab Strap, Life Without Buildings); recording their debut, ‘We’ve Met Before Haven’t We?’ which was finished early 2019. The record moves away from their instrumental beginnings and presents songs that offer a sense of duality in both their musical and lyrical content; part dreamscape, part nightmare.
mp3: Deer Leader – Crocodile
It’s one of those albums that has a great deal to offer if you’re prepared to give it a bit of time and a few listens. It’s not the most commercial of albums, but Deer Leader is very much the sort of band/act that LNFG was set up to provide a platform for.
JC
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