Concrete Playground

Bradford Cox is a taut wire of a man. His vocal quality may have softened very slightly over the past ten years of his leading Deerhunter, but the dangerous tension is certainly still present.

Bursting out of Atlanta, Georgia, Deerhunter have struck reverbing chords with lovers and haters alike. Their sound is exploratory, taking dark ambience and giving it a jolting rock spine that is breaching maturity after six albums. The first time they officially came to our shores was in 2009, setting bones a-rattling in anticipation for their return this year.

Deerhunter is in Sydney for a flash, playing at the Laneway Festival and this, their only sideshow at the Metro theatre. Previous Deerhunter gigs have shown frontman Cox's skeletal frame thrashing in fake blood and sundresses, so it is highly anticipated that their Sydney outing will be worth cramming into.