Atlas Sound "Quarantined"

• Words: Bryant Rutledge
• Label: Kranky

Since the strange "hiatus" for Deerhunter was announced last year, frontman Bradford Cox has been busy making music under his Atlas Sound guise, crafting what he called, in a recent interview, "a quiet rebellion." Cox's music under this name is markedly more ambient and melodic than that of Deerhunter, though his lyrics are no less urgent and cathartic.