It seems as if everytime I turn around Deerhunter is releasing another collection of songs. In entertainment, level of quality and frequency of release usually suffer if one or the other is ramped up, but this is not the case for Deerhunter thus far.

Rainwater Cassette Exchange acts more as a continuation of ‘Microcastle/Weird Era Cont.’ as oppossed to a prequel to a new album. Microcastle found Deerhunter engaging a more pop/folk friendly sound that is still audible on RCE to the point that any of these songs would feel at home on that album.

The most obvious reason for this release is the inclusion of ‘Disappearing Ink’. The track moves through a familiar chord progression but Deerhunter does it so well that its not worth comparing it to what I’ve heard it on before. Famous last words lays Deerhunters signature sounds over soprano ooos and ahhhs, never leaving a space unfulfilled. Closing the short set of songs is ‘Circulation’, the second candidate for best song in this collection of best songs.

Most of the talk about Deerhunter takes place on message boards and blogs and Deerhunter obviously knows this. An E.P. release isn’t going to make them millionaires but it will keep the blogosphere buzzing and keep the fans held over until the next proper Deerhunter release.

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