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On February 19, Chicago-based experimental imprint Kranky will release Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel, the debut album from Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox's Atlas Sound project. The disc is a true solo project, with all parts laid down by Cox, who received recording "guidance" from Kranky labelmate Nudge's Brian Foote. Foote's imprint (no pun intended) on the proceedings was recently documented on Deerhunter's blog, with Cox expressing a particular fondness for a "vintage warmer" plug-in he claims should be "all over" the LP.

"This album is for my best friend Lockett," says Cox in the press release, referring to Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt. "It has a lot to do with childhood. I wanted to make an album that was uplifting but honest, which is why it seems sad a lot of the time. I want to make music that could be 'healing' or therapeutic to people who relate to it."

Whatever kind of music he's making, he's cranking out a lot of it. The hyperprolific Cox recently completed an EP under the Atlas Sound moniker while driving from Austria to Switzerland. The EP-- entitled Altitude Sickness-- is available via the band’s blog.

Deerhunter are presently in Europe, where there'll be for much of the next month. In Europe and looking to get rocked in a manner befitting a Pagan? ATP will release those Bats this weekend.

Deerhunter:

10-30 Brussels, Belgium - Recyclart
10-31 Paris, France - La Maroquinerie
11-01 Castellón de la Plana, Spain - Tanned Tin Festival
11-02 London, England - The Forum (ATP Presents Release the Bats)
11-03 Leeds, England - The Faversham (Nasty Fest VIII) *
11-04 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC2
11-05 Dublin, Ireland - Whelan's +
11-06 Nottingham, England - Liars Club
11-07 Manchester, England - Cafe Saki
11-08 Prague, Czech Republic - Archa Theatre
11-09 Groningen, Netherlands - Vera Club
11-10 Utrecht, Netherlands - Tivoli &
11-12 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
11-13 Malmo, Sweden - Debaser
11-14 Oslo, Norway - Garage
11-15 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Slussen
11-16 Gothenburg, Sweden - Slippery People at Pusterviksbaren
11-17 Aarhus, Denmark - VoxHall
11-19 Dresden, Germany - Scheune
11-19 Leipzig, Germany - UT Connewitz
11-30 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse *~
12-05 Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre *
12-08 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Club

* with Black Lips
+ with YACHT
& with Dirty Projectors
~ with the Selmanaires, Snowden