Bradford Cox Cate Le Bon
photo by Driely Carter

Deerhunter's Bradford Cox & Cate Le Bon releasing collab EP (stream a track)

Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox and Cate Le Bon were artists in residence at 2018’s Marfa Myths festival, and the collaboration led to Cate co-producing the new Deerhunter album, Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?. That album came out earlier this year, followed a few months later by the new Cate Le Bon album Reward, and now Cate and Bradford are releasing a collaborative EP for the Marfa Myths record series, Myths 004, on November 1 via Mexican Summer.

The songs for the EP were created and recorded from scratch over the course of a week at Marfa Myths. “Writing and recording in a week is a tall order – especially when such chemistry exists between all the musicians involved, and the possibilities are boundless,” Le Bon says. “We committed ourselves to embracing the chaos, surrendering to all moments and moods that travelled through. It’s a crude holiday scrapbook shared by all involved, an amalgamation of the changes in mood and light that shaped the days.”

The first single is the melancholic “Secretary” which details a humdrum life behind a desk and doesn’t seem miles away from the music Cate made on this year’s Reward, and includes some spoken word from Bradford. It’s cool stuff, as you can hear for yourself below.

The EP features contributions from Stella Mozgawa of Warpaint, Stephen Black of Sweet Baboo, Tim Presley of White Fence, and Samur Khouja. There’s also a new mini-documentary by Eli Welbourne, Have a Seat, which “[chronicles] Le Bon’s furniture building residency during Marfa Myths 2019” and also features Bradford, which you can watch below.

Cate and Deerhunter will also be on tour together in the UK in November ahead of their appearances at Le Guess Who? in the Netherlands, and they both have other tour dates beyond those. All Are listed below.

Bradford Cox Cate Le Bon

Tracklist
1.Canto!
2. Secretary
3. Companions In Misfortune
4. Constance
5. Fireman
6. Jericho
7. What Is She Wearing

Deerhunter – 2019 Tour Dates
Sat, NOV 2 – Whelans – Dublin, Ireland
Sun, NOV 3 – Roundhouse – London, United Kingdom w/ Cate Le Bon
Mon, NOV 4 – Concorde 2 – Brighton, United Kingdom w/ Cate Le Bon
Tue, NOV 5 – SWX – Bristol, United Kingdom w/ Cate Le Bon
Wed, NOV 6 – O2 Ritz Manchester – Manchester, United Kingdom w/ Cate Le Bon
Thu, NOV 7 – The Crossing – Birmingham, United Kingdom w/ Cate Le Bon
Fri, NOV 8 – Le Guess Who? – Utrecht, Netherlands
Sun, NOV 10 – Sonic City – Kortrijk, Belgium
Tue, NOV 12 – Trabendo – Paris, France
Wed, NOV 13 – L’epicerie Moderne – Feyzin, France
Thu, NOV 14 – Social Center TPO – Bologna, Italy
Fri, NOV 15 – L’Amalgame – Yverdon-les-bains, Switzerland
Sat, NOV 16 – Technikum München – München, Germany
Sun, NOV 17 – SynästhesieFestival – Berlin-altglienicke, Germany
Tue, NOV 19 – Klub Hybrydy – Warsaw, Poland
Wed, NOV 20 – Shakespeare Theatre – Gdańsk/sopot, Poland

Cate Le Bon — 2019 Tour Dates
Wed. Sept. 20 – London, UK @ Folklore (DJ set w/ John Grant)
Mon. Sept. 23 – Paris, FR @ Cité De La Musique (w/ John Cale)
Tue. Sept. 24 – Paris, FR @ Cité De La Musique (w/ John Cale)
Wed. Sept. 25 – Paris, FR @ Cité De La Musique (w/ John Cale)
Sun. Nov. 3 – London, UK @ Roundhouse (w/ Deerhunter)
Mon. Nov. 4 – Oxford, UK @ The Bullingdon
Tue. Nov. 5 – Bristol, UK @ SXW (w/ Deerhhunter)
Wed. Nov. 6 – Manchester, UK @ The Ritz (w/ Deerhunter)
Thu. Nov. 7 – Birmingham, UK @ The Crossing (w/ Deerhunter)
Sat. Nov. 9 – Kortrijk, BE @ Sonic City Festival
Sun. Nov. 10 – Utrecht, NL @ Le Guess Who?
Mon. Nov. 11 – Groningen, NL @ Vera
Tue. Nov. 12 – Copenhagen, DK @ Alice
Wed. Nov. 13 – Stockholm, SE @ Slaktkyrkan
Thu. Nov. 14 – Gothenburg, SE @ Oceanen
Fri. Nov. 15 – Hamburg, DE @ Kampnagel
Sat. Nov. 16 – Leipzig, DE @ TransCentury Update No. 4
Sun. Nov. 17 – Heidelberg, DE @ Karlstohrbahnhof
Tue. Nov. 19 – Zurich, CH @ Bogen F
Wed. Nov. 20 – Lyon, FR @ Ground Zero
Thu. Nov. 21 – Paris, FR @ Petit Bain
Sat. Dec. 7 – Singapore, SG @ The Alex Blake Charlie Sessions Festival
Mon. Dec. 9 – Perth, AU @ Rosemount Hotel
Wed. Dec. 11 – Sydney, AU @ Factory Theatre
Thu. Dec. 12 – Brisbane, AU @ The Foundry
Fri. Dec. 13 – Castlemaine, AU @ Theatre Royal
Sat. Dec. 14 – Victoria, AU @ Meredith Music Festival
Sun. Dec. 15 – Melbourne, AU @ Croxton Bandroom