Deerhunter - he would have laughed, 2010

"The final track, ‘He Would Have Laughed’, is dedicated in the lyrics sheet to Jimmy Lee Lindsey Jr., the actual name of Jay Reatard. The song was recorded by lead singer Bradford Cox, separate from the rest of the album, at Notown Sound in Georgia. It has Cox’s world-weary voice, a simple looping riff and drum pattern and many effects I would like to describe as twinkly. Many have debated whether the song is about Reatard or dedicated to him; the lyrics are often in quotation marks - does this make those lines quotes? Would he have laughed at the idea of a song being a tribute to him? One thing that I do find interesting about the lyrics is they are entirely non-judgemental, and not only that, there is empathy and warmth."

Deerhunter - fountain stairs, 2010

"The album's title is a reference to a collection of fond memories and even invented ones, like my friendship with Ricky Wilson or the fact that I live in an abandoned victorian autoharp factory. The way that we write and rewrite and edit our memories to be a digest version of what we want to remember, and how that's kind of sad."