Deep State



Deep State
Thought Garden
Friendship Fever


ADDS 4/25/17
CD/DIGITAL
“The song is frenetic and anthemic, the energy immediate in everything from Chmura’s airy yelp to guitars that burst like sparks from a railtrack... they’re full of existential introspection over how far we’ve let our identities erode.” - Stereogum 
“Deep State marries infectious pop hooks and Lennon-esque vocal melodies with ’60s pop edges just rough enough to hold onto that rock ’n’ roll cred, but song structures totally tight enough to keep it pro and engaging.” - Santa Fe Reporter
Athens, GA’s DEEP STATE released their sophomore album Thought Garden via Friendship Fever, a new Sacramento-based label distributed by House Arrest/Fat Possum. The foursome – Taylor Chmura (guitar, vocals), Christian Deroeck (bass), Michael Gonzalez (drums), and Ryan Gray Moore (guitar) – premiered the first single off the album, “No Idea Pt. II,” recently via Stereogum.
Thought Garden is a thoughtful and cathartic listen that shoots straight from the gut, head, and heart. Across the album, Chmura examines inward frustrations at the things that exist in your mind and work against you, in search of a sense of self-resolution. Thought Garden captures the raw energy of a band being a band, recorded live over two days last January in Athens’ Chase Park Transduction studio with Drew Vandenberg, who has worked on albums by Of Montreal, Deerhunter, Porcelain Raft, and Mothers, among others.
Deep State formed in Athens, Georgia not so long ago. A group of friends from bands, college, restaurant jobs: Moore was getting a master’s degree in guitar performance; Chmura wanted to form an aggressive/cathartic/punk band that was undeniably catchy. Melodies were floating around constantly in Chmura’s head until the noise became too much. He asked his friends for a hand fleshing out his ideas, and lo and behold, everything meshed in a beautiful way. The songs finished themselves. As the band tells it, Moore, Gonzalez, and Deroeck are the pros, and the most amateur musician in the band fronts it. A memorable, moment-producing formula.


RIYL: Minutemen, Pavement, Parquet Courts, Jay Reatard

TRY: #2, 3, 6, 9



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 https://www.piratepirate.com/downloads/ 
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https://www.instagram.com/deeepstate

https://deepstate.bandcamp.com

http://www.friendshipfever.com/artist/deep-state