After recording and performing as a trio since guitarist Chris Cohen quit in 2006, these San Francisco art-rockers have beefed back up to a foursome with Ed Rodriguez for their tenth record. "Ed opened up a whole lot of windows in our minds," says guitarist John Dieterich. Still, Offend Maggie, which the group wrote and rehearsed months before recording, is all about Deerhoof doing what they do best: noisy, time-shifting avant-garde tunes spiked with gnarly guitar riffs and singer Satomi Matsuzaki's goofy lyrics and girlish cooing. (Sample lyric: "Downy hairy tip toeing moony.") "There's no new techniques that made some huge impact on this record," says Dieterich. "This is just the cumulative effect of playing together for years."

"Offend Maggie"

Deerhoof perform "The Tears and Music of Love" live.

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