On Deer Tick's fourth release, Divine Providence, the quintet sounds positively rambunctious from the get-go: "I got a lust for life/ and a dangerous mind" is John McCauley's first guttural utterance in the pub-rockin' sing-along "The Bump." "You f*ckin' douchebag," he then mutters at the top of The Stones-ish "Funny Word," which is followed by a Hendrix-like mangling of "The Star-Spangled Banner" in "Something to Brag About." Soon, though, the booze-fueled antics wind down, and slow-burning ballads (including the strings-touched "Electric") start to reveal Deer Tick at their most reflective.
Live from Sasquatch 2012, here we have pink-clad bar-rockers Deer Tick doing "Walkin' Out the Door" as part of Stripped Down in a Yurt, our series of exclusive, intimate performances captured in, yes, an on-site yurt. It was awesome. If you're into this, check out the other tune Deer Tick did for us, "Funny Word." Enjoy.