ATLAS SOUND - Logos LP

Label: Kranky

Logos is the second studio album from Bradford Cox (Deerhunter) ambient experimental project Atlas Sound. Bradford Cox was a virtual song machine during the time between Deerhunter's Cryptograms and the Atlas Sound's Logos, churning out officially released material as well as plenty of songs only available on his blog.

Over that span of time, he became a finer and more fluid songwriter, and his music emerged from the experimental fog of his earlier work just enough to give listeners tantalizing glimpses of almost ridiculously catchy songs.

Logos keeps this push-pull between challenging and charming, yet Cox's second solo album still feels more experimental than Deerhunter, if only because he seems completely unfettered by any kind of rules or concerns about consistency. And despite all this, Logos is still captivating in its relatively raw state. These songs are nearly as wide-ranging and comprehensive as an actual atlas, but Cox keeps charting new territory.