After a hiatus, Atlanta’s Deerhunter will soon release their new album, Fading Frontier, on October 16th on 4AD.  Fading Frontier is the the band’s seventh studio album and was made by founding members Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt and Moses Archuleta, together with bassist Josh McKay. Based on the two songs released below, the new album may well be their most accessible and straightforward to date.

To get a feel for the new album, the band has released this week’s bountiful Breaker (on which Cox and Pundt share lead vocals–a first for the band–as reflected in the video below) and the earlier funkified Snakeskin. Check both songs’ official videos below.  Cox was hit by a car and hospitalized last year so Breaker’s lyrics truly resonate:  “Jack-knifed, On the side-street crossing, I’m still alive (and that’s something).” Breaker’s full yrics are at bottom.

Both songs bode incredibly well for Fading Frontier, which you can pre-order HERE.

Breaker:

Christ, or credit?
What’s the prize?
What’s the edit?
I’m alive
I don’t credit the source
I just drive
And then the fog rolls in
And then they’re bright..
My enemies
They’re just trying..
Trying to kill me

(Chorus)
Breaking the waves
I can’t ignore (I tried)
The ocean is strong
I cannot stem the tide
Breaking the waves
I can’t ignore (I tried)
I can’t seem to stem
The tide no
I tried
I tried

Drive me two times
I’ve got the time
And it’s been too long
Since I’ve been
Driving all night
On the back road’s winding
Under the stars
That are slowly dying
(oh no)

Breaking the waves
I can’t ignore (I tried)
The ocean is strong
I cannot stem the tide
Breaking the waves
I can’t ignore (I tried)
I can’t seem to stem
The tide no more no
I tried
I tried

(musical bridge)

Jack-knifed
On the side-street crossing
I’m still alive
(and that’s something)
And when I die
There will be nothing….to say
Except I tried
Not to waste another day
Trying to stem the tide