The words "folk," "pastoral," and "Tropicalia" ensure I read the whole piece and listen to whatever music is being pushed my way--"Tropicalia" references the hazy, Brazilian psychedelica to which Deerhunter side-project Atlas Sound are often compared. "Jam session," in reference to "ambient-punks" Deerhunter, similarly draws me in as someone who knows little of the legends of jam, except that jam is good and great, as Ohmpark agrees: "All weekend long at the beach house, we had a daily, serious Microcastle jam session. It was sort of like a religious experience."

Not just any of your mother's jam, a serious jam session. One that emphasizes how worthy of study and contemplation Deerhunter are on Microcastle--especially when you are at the beach house with friends who aren't going to attack you for reading too much into a six- minute jam.

Some critics like to talk about how "texturally cohesive" Deerhunter's latest work is. That's fine, but I like to enjoy my jam without thinking about that. I like talking with friends about why we like Deerhunter's jam "Nothing Ever Happened" so much, not whether the jam has the right viscosity.