Deafheaven - Dream House

It's pretty strange that I like metal band Deafheaven, but I really, really do. The dynamics within songs like "Dream House", the opening track off their recent album Sunbather, sets the band apart from a lot of other acts I would normally struggle with. Also, there's great beauty in this tortured song. It's impossible to hear anything at all of what George Clarke is "singing", but the guitar work and fabulous drumming recalls a lot of things that I can appreciate - Pornography-era The Cure, the mayhem of Jane's Addiction, the shoegaxing post-rock of My Bloody Valentine and other things. It's a fantastic song with enough energy to run a small town.

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