Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel

Atlas Sound is a solo project of Bradford James Cox of indie-rockers Deerhunter, where he plays all the instruments and makes all the sounds (using Ableton Live) himself. Cox aims to realize ideas that are difficult to execute within conventional rock band format and Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel shows that the results are successful. Stylistically, Cox uses elements of ambient electronica (album opener "A Ghost Story" that samples a child telling...yes, a ghost story), electronic kind of indie ("Quarantined", "On Guard"), shoegaze-inspired post-rock ("Recent Bedroom") and psychedelia ("After Class", "Atavan"), crossing these stylistic bounds from song to song and often combining the stylistic elements freely and fruitfully. Everything is held together by warm melodicism and melancholic emotionality with a sense of tragedy. The result is quaint, introverted, introspective and empathically atmospheric ambient-rock album. One of the most accomplished works in that field.

*This review was published in Estonian in a journal called Postimees. This is the English translation