Few copies in stock with minor wear on sleeves, pictures can be sent upon request.
One of Deerhoof’s most celebrated albums available on vinyl for the first time in 18 years. The Runner’s Four received rave reviews from Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, NME, The New York Times, Time, e New Yorker, MOJO, Spin, Entertainment Weekly, Tiny Mix Tapes and more.
Deerhoof’s last album with guitarist and songwriter Chris Cohen. The Runners Four is Deerhoof’s double-LP concept album about friends banding together as honorable outlaws in a corrupt world, deciding what to save in an apocalypse, passing secret messages of warning and hope from a remade future back to a soon-to-be-destroyed present.
Abundant with lyrical allusions to the flood, where cargo hold claustrophobia inside meets a watery chaos outside, it was written and self-produced by Satomi Matsuzaki, John Dieterich, Chris Cohen and Greg Saunier while they holed up in a rented Oakland rehearsal room for the winter months 2004-5. On pink and blue vinyl.
“A heavy football, a no-half-stepping opus, a defining statement...The Runners Four should occasion a moment to notice how a little band has gotten its scale and balance right: producing strong and inexpensive-sounding records in its own studio, making coverts through frequent touring, changing its sound every six months or so. It’s not easy, especially without becoming part of any movement...” - The New York Times
“Deerhoof...has succeeded at something that’s very hard to do: It has made records and built a devoted international following on the sheer power of its imagination. And it’s a mad, wild imagination...” - The Boston Globe
“Deerhoof has forged yet another delightfully odd pop gem, multifaceted and sparkling with creativity.” - Rolling Stone
Tracklisting:
LP 1:
Side A
1. Chatterboxes
2. Twin Killers
3. Running Thoughts
4. Vivid Cheek Love Song
5. O'Malley, Former Underdog
6. Odyssey
Side B
1. Wrong Time Capsule
2. Spirit Ditties of No Tone
3. Scream Team
4. You Can See
LP 2:
Side A
1. Midnight Bicycle Mystery
2. After Me the Deluge
3. Siriustar
4. Lemon & Little Lemon
5. Lightning Rod, Run.
Side B
1. Bone-Dry
2. News From a Bird
3. Spy on You
4. You're Our Two
5. RRRRRRRight
