2LP - Limited Edition Pink (LP1) and Blue (LP2) Vinyl.
Available on vinyl for the first time in over 15 years! The Runners Four is Deerhoof’s double-LP concept album about friends banding together as honorable outlaws in a corrupt world, deciding what to save in an apocalypse, passing secret messages of warning and hope from a remade future back to a soon-to-be-destroyed present. Abundant with lyrical allusions to the flood, where cargo hold claustrophobia inside meets a watery chaos outside, it was written and self-produced by Satomi Matsuzaki, John Dieterich, Chris Cohen and Greg Saunier while they holed up in a rented Oakland rehearsal room for the winter months 2004-5. On pink and blue vinyl.
“a heavy football, a no-half-stepping opus, a defining statement…*The Runners Four*should occasion a moment to notice how a little band has gotten its scale and balance right: producing strong and inexpensive-sounding records in its own studio, making converts through frequent touring, changing its sound every six months or so. It’s not easy, especially without becoming part of any movement…”
- The New York Times
“Deerhoof…has succeeded at something that’s very hard to do: It has made records and built a devoted international following on the sheer power of its imagination. And it’s a mad, wild imagination...” - The Boston Globe
“Deerhoof has forged yet another delightfully odd pop gem, multifaceted and sparkling with creativity.” - Rolling Stone
“Deerhoof makes the difficult wonderful.” - The New Yorker
“Songs stop as soon as a hook seems to form; rhythms shift and cut like they’re running for their lives…but when the mystery lifts and the melodies finally stick—and they do—the album has the undeniable power of complete originality.” - TIME
*The Runners Four* was nominated for New Pantheon Award by Ric Ocasek and John McCrea.
Tracklist:
A1. Chatterboxes
A2. Twin Killers
A3. Running Thoughts
A4. Vivid Cheek Love Song
A5. O'Malley, Former Underdog
A6. Odyssey
B1. Wrong Time Capsule
B2. Spirit Ditties Of No Tone
B3. Scream Team
B4. You Can See
C1. Midnight Bicycle Mystery
C2. After Me The Deluge
C3. Siriustar
C4. Lemon And Little Lemon
C5. Lightning Rod, Run
D1. Bone Dry
D2. News From A Bird
D3. Spy On You
D4. You're Our Two
D5. Rrrrrrright