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If you read Pitchfork's interview with Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox published in June, you may still have a bad taste in your mouth from a series of comments Cox made in reference to Samara Lubelski.

The NYC-based singer/songwriter/producer helmed some Cryptograms recording sessions, although the resulting material was subsequently scrapped. When asked about the shaky recording situation, Bradford, well, pretty much tore into Samara. We'll spare Mr. Cox the further embarrassment of reprinting those comments here; they're in the original interview, if you care to find them. Needless to say, they were nasty.

And anyway, Bradford has already gone and reprinted them himself-- along with a detailed, profuse apology to Samara-- in a recent Deerhunter blog entry.

"My single biggest regret [this year]," writes Cox, "is that I allowed what started as a simple nervous breakdown to [culminate] in a public defamation of a very talented musician, technician, and artist: Samara Lubelski.

"Unfortunately, due to my immaturity at the time, and my admittedly fucked up mental state I used the [interview] opportunity to fuck over someone who absolutely did not deserve it. What makes it worse is that I made statements that were not factual, or that were based on my completely warped perspectives.

"Make no mistake, I take total responsibility for what a dickhead I was...To Samara, I sincerely apologize for my bullshit."

Read Bradford's complete statement here, and please, if anyone ever starts a website that rates apologies based on their humility, give that one a 10.0.

The Deerhunter blog has, surprise surprise, seen a flurry of activity of late, including a year-end list of sorts, heaps of Atlas Sound mp3s, several mixtapes, and an interview Cox conducted with influential Athens act Pylon.

The Deerhunter band, meanwhile, is now officially in "hiatus" mode, though they'll reemerge for ATP vs. Pitchfork in May. Cox takes Atlas Sound for a whirl beginning February 19 and delivers the act's debut LP the very same day. Samara Lubelski's latest, Parallel Suns, is out now thanks to the Social Registry.

Deerhunter:

05-09-11 Rye, England - Camber Sands Holiday Centre (ATP vs. Pitchfork) *

* with the Hold Steady, Of Montreal, Jens Lekman, Man Man, Les Savy Fav, Black Lips, Caribou, Dirty Projectors, No Age, Los Campesinos!, Glass Candy, Hot Chip, A Place to Bury Strangers, Yeasayer, Redd Kross, Marissa Nadler, Sebadoh, Ween, Meat Puppets, the Black Angels, Fuck Buttons, Wooden Shjips, Pissed Jeans, Apse, Shit and Shine

Atlas Sound:

02-19 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn #
02-20 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 #
02-21 Washington, DC - Black Cat #
02-22 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's #
02-23 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge #
02-24 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall #
02-26 Boston, MA - Middle East #
02-27 Montreal, Quebec - Casa del Popolo #
02-28 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern #
02-29 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick #
03-01 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle #
03-02 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club #
03-05 Vancouver, British Columbia - Pat's Pub #
03-06 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe #
03-07 Portland, OR - Holocene #
03-08 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill #
03-11 Los Angeles, CA - Echo #

# with Valet, White Rainbow