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One of the best parts of my Georgia (the U.S. state) upbringing was my commute to school. We’d snake down this long, winding two-lane road, impossibly dark on winter mornings, with the car only starting to warm up as we pulled in. My mom dreaded that drive because deer constantly burst from the trees on either side, darting into traffic. She’d lament, “They’re the ones who really belong here. We took away their home… they must be so confused.”
It isn’t only his name; Deer park’s Terra Infirma pulls me back to those twilight mornings. It evokes strange, stilted memories you’d still kill to experience just one more time. It’s the project I reached for more than anything else this year. Tracks like “Overshot” channel the atmosphere and rainy day-gloom of The Cure’s Faith, and the record is colored with collaborations from Perfectly Imperfect favorites like Ivy Knight, jackzebra, and Chanel Beads. The instrumental closing tracks feel like the moment the party ends and you’re not quite ready to step back into the cold. The future is bright, car headlights transfixed on Deer park.
Dec 31, 2025