Pitchfork

No, this definitely isn't going to turn into a secret surprise appearance by Bradford Cox's other band. With the Deerhunter frontman about to set his Atlas Sound solo debut LP Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel loose on Europe, "Another Bedroom" is a shimmering ambient track that will appear on a six-song bonus disc accompanying the release. Sheesh, first the Europeans manage universal health care, now they get healing music. I suppose it's too much for us to ask that the dollar be actually worth something.

Cox has posted at least four versions of Let the Blind cut "Recent Bedroom" on the Deerhunter blog, dating back to 2004, and although "Another Bedroom" isn't quite like any of them-- it's definitely fair to call it its own song-- this track does share its namesake's waltzing gait, with a more spaced-out take on similar chord changes. Layer after layer of Cox's ambrosiac vocals each wafts into the next, bathed alongside vibraphone, languidly chugging guitars, and a variety of shakers, drums, and other percussion in a lambent, echoey haze. If "Recent Bedroom" is about not being able to cry in a moment of loss, "Another Bedroom" aurally depicts all of those unexpressed feelings floating away, like exorcised spirits, into the ether. And it does so comfortingly enough to lull a baby (or, hell, me-- where's an intern when I need another red eye?) into a soothing, dream-filled sleep. In this case, that's a compliment.