Deer Tick - "Sea of Clouds" & "It's a Whale"
Photo via Facebook In September, Rhode Island's favorite Deer Tick are going to be releasing two albums on the same day, a la Use Your Illusion I and II. Much like the famous Guns n' Roses release, Deer Tick's albums will also be a Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 release, but they'll be called Deer Tick Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Instead of just being a double album split into two separate albums like Guns n' Roses did (the band stresses that these are two separate releases and not a double album) the two sounds of Deer Tick will be split up among the two releases. While the band has moved away from the Hank Williams meets Nirvana sound that they started with into a more straightforward rock approach, Vol. 1 will be their more acoustic/folky stuff while Vol. 2 is a rock record. The band has made a song from each available to listen to. "Sea of Clouds" is from Vol. 1 , and it's an acoustic folk epic from the band, exactly the kind of thing we've come to expect and...