The third album by Atlanta's kings of "ambient punk" is a beautiful bummer. Deerhunter mash together garage fuzz, folky quietude, power-pop melody and electronic clatter — art-rock experiments that deliver the satisfying gut punch of pop tunes. The songs drip with melancholy; "He Would Have Laughed" is an elegy for the late Jay Reatard. But Deerhunter make the sadness sublime. "Is there anyone who wants to see the sun go down?" asks singer Brandon Cox in "Memory Boy." It's a lovely view.

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“Youth Knows No Pain”

“Like on 'Youth Knows No Pain' — we are the ones that should demonstrate, because we can take it,” Likke Li said. “We can pierce ourselves, take Ecstasy, dance all night and still go to work at our McDonald's jobs.” Despite the hedonistic sentiment in the song, the Swedish singer also admitted in hindsight her youth had repercussions. “I remember when I was 18-19 and feeling that I know it all,” Li said. “I always feel that I know it all. But that song is about realizing you don’t, and reflecting, ‘Boy, if I only knew what would follow.’”