Not having enough material has never been a problem for Bradford Cox. When Deerhunter released Cryptograms a few years back, they quickly followed it up, and packaged the vinyl, with Flourescent Grey. Cox bundled the first Atlas Sound album with the Another Bedroom EP. After Deerhunter’s Microcastle leaked months in advance, the band slyly released one of the best records of last year with the equally as epic Weird Era Cont. Throw in Rainwater Cassette Exchange, a dozen or so virtual 7-inches, a handful of micromixes and all sorts of other Mediafire goodies and you’ll start to ask yourself, When does Bradford Cox sleep?

Apparently the answer is, never, as Cox, whose hotly anticipated Logos will be released next Tuesday. The album will come with a bonus EP of unreleased tracks and alternative mixes of Logos tracks “Ruben,” “Kid Klimax” and “Criminals.” However, don’t assume that when you go to FYE (that’s where y’all buy CD’s, right?) that you’ll automatically score the bonus EP with Logos. Wrong. The EP will only come with orders placed with Rough Trade, so bust out your PayPal password and send those hard earned digital dollars to Rough Trade. Scoop it here.

I mean…this just kind of speaks for itself.

Deerhunter’s frontman Bradford Cox is working on a new Atlas Sound LP, Logos, due to come out on October 20th. But he’s not doing it alone…he’s got Animal Collective’s very own, Noah Lennox (aka Panda Bear) as well as Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier to fill in some guest spots on the upcoming LP. Here’s a little taste of what you can expect, a little note from the man himself:

“My last album was a bedroom laptop type thing. Very introverted. Logos is an album that was recorded all over the world. It’s nota bout me. There are collaborationns with other musicians. The lyrics are not autobiographical. The view is a lot more panoramic and less close-up. I became bored with introspection. This was also the case [for] Deerhunter’s ‘Microcastle’ LP, which was written during the same period.”

And also, “Almost everything you hear on the album is a first take. This makes it almost like a ‘live album’ where a band sets up in a studio and just rolls tape. There are songs on here i don’t even remember recording.”

Logos‘ Tracklist:

1. The Light That Failed
2. An Orchid
3. Walkabout (w/ Noah Lennox)
4. Criminals
5. Attic Lights
6. Shelia
7. Quick Canal (w/ Laetitia Sadier)
8. My Halo
9. Kid Klimax
10. Washington School
11. Logos

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