The Fat Angel Sings

Twenty years and 13 albums later, noise-pop veterans Deerhoof have made their most brutal record since their 1997 debut, The Man, the King, the Girl. Janet Jackson and Madonna specifically their forward thinking production in the late ’80s were the source of inspiration, which I suppose shows slightly in how deeply funky La Isla Bonita is. But in typical Deerhoof fashion, the influences work in erratic ways, which is a big part of the fun in grooving along (the dance moves one could do to this record, dear god). “It became a rough, ragged, no-budget punk rock thing that I thought was a neat post-apocalyptic tribute to this pre-apocalyptic sound.