La Isla Bonita

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  2014

  James

  La Isla Bonita condenses Deerhoof’s usual chaos into short, sharp explosions that rarely waste a second. The songs move with incredible speed and clarity, combining punk energy, tropical rhythmic hints, noise-rock guitars, and candy-colored melodies into something uniquely their own. “Exit Only” and “Paradise Girls” feel almost impossibly dense for tracks so brief. The album’s production is brighter and cleaner than some earlier Deerhoof records, which makes the rhythmic intricacy hit even harder. What’s impressive is how light the music feels despite how technically complex it is. The band sounds completely liberated from conventional genre logic here.