Deerhoof are back with album number 21. It's called Divine Schism, and the first taste is a track named "Sun Like It Hot."
These lifers never do anything the normal way. Last year's Noble And Godlike In Ruin got announced on Craigslist, of all places, and since then they've pulled their catalog from Spotify and teamed up with Joyful Noise office plants for a stunt only Deerhoof could dream up. Chaos as a business model. It works.
That restless streak runs deep. Go back to 2005's The Runners Four or the wonky pop of Friend Opportunity, and you hear a band who never sit still, never repeat a trick, never coast.
"Sun Like It Hot" keeps that engine running: jagged, playful, unmistakably theirs. Satomi Matsuzaki's vocals cut through the noise like always.
Twenty-one albums in and they still sound like nobody else on earth. That's the whole point. Divine Schism is coming, and these weirdos remain one of indie's most vital acts. Long may they run.