The band explained that although the two albums were recorded simultaneously, the lyrics to Thank Your Lucky Stars were penned after completing all the lyrics to Depression Cherry, and thus felt “different.”Īs such, the band preserved their perceived delineation and opted to release the two albums separately. While the band claims otherwise, the announcement of Thank Your Lucky Stars, their second LP in as many months, was very much a surprise - excepting a few insiders, few knew a new record was coming a mere month and a half after the release of Depression Cherry. It’s this bonus track that lulls the listener into the fadeout that actually ends the album. The announcement noted that the album’s songs were “structured around a melody and a few instruments, with live drums playing a far lesser role” - the live drums that elevated their previous LP, 2012’s Bloom, to louder, more “aggressive” stadium-sized soundscapes, which contrasted with the calmer and subdued sound of their earlier discography.īut while the sonic fidelity progressed gradually from their self-titled debut to Bloom (with two other albums in between), the transition between Bloom and Depression Cherry felt justifiably abrupt, and received lukewarm dissent to match a band known for their reliability and consistency was now getting accused of retrograding and repetition.īut their return to “simplicity” wasn’t without its signposts: after “Irene,” the intense and raucous final track of Bloom ends, there is a nearly-seven minute gap of silence (ostensibly to rest your ears from the crescendo of clashing cymbals) before a hidden track - the gentle, Mazzy Star-esque “Wherever You Go” - fades in, sounding like an outtake from Beach House’s 2008 album, Devotion. In an official announcement on Sub Pop’s website prior to the release of Depression Cherry, the band proclaimed what was then their only LP of 2015 as a “return to simplicity. Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally are concerned that they have strayed too far from their origins.
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