Today marks the 30th anniversary since Deerhoof formed. Which brings us to some related news, as drummer/composer/founding member Greg Saunier has shared a single from his upcoming first solo album. The single is called "Grow Like A Plant," which a festive video below, and it will appear on Therefore We Were, coming out April 26 on Joyful Noise Recordings.
“It was 1994 and I was playing in a grunge band in San Francisco,” says Saunier says in a press release. “The two guitarists were literally living with members of the Melvins. Rob Fisk, the bass player, and I had been listening to an AMM CD at home and decided we wanted to give free improv a try. So we came to practice an hour early. That was Deerhoof’s first rehearsal. An hour later our two bandmates walked through the door with the bad news: Kurt Cobain had just been found dead.”
And now, the new stuff:
track listing:
1. There Were Rebels
2. Front-load the Fun
3. Yeah You, Person
4. Don’t Design Yourself This Way
5. Furrowed Sugarloaf
6. Rip the Atmosphere from the Wind
7. Grow Like a Plant
8. No One Displayed the Vigor Necessary to Avert Disaster’s Approach
9. Blame Yourself
10. Instead of Queen
11. Not for Mating, Not for Pleasure, Not for Territory
12. Playing Tunes of Victory on the Instruments of Our Defeat
