Deerhoof – 'Offend Maggie' review
Try to comprehend Offend Maggie, and you’re missing the point. Like a good David Lynch movie, the idea seems not to understand what’s going on, but just to let Deerhoof mesh together the way they do and enjoy the bursts of expression that come out along the way.
Special mention among the madness though must go to Chandelier Searchlight, the catchiest thing on the album and one of the most curiously bewitching pop songs of recent years. With half a dozen sections and key changes in four minutes, this should have no right to be anything more than an academic exercise, but instead it’s perfectly paced, beautifully sung and effortlessly composed.
The album is sung half in Japanese, half in English and peppered with Pavement-esque guitars and Sonic Youth tempo shifts, and while you may have no idea what’s going on, Offend Maggie offers a very pleasing sense of bewilderment.
8/10
