Atlas Sound

Atlas Sound is the solo project of <a href="spotify:artist:6P2arVKIJ1e2gNWqMqRrEq">Bradford Cox</a>, the striking and eccentric vocalist for experimental indie rocker act <a href="spotify:artist:38zTZcuN7nFvVJ6auhc6V3">Deerhunter</a>. <a href="spotify:artist:6P2arVKIJ1e2gNWqMqRrEq">Cox</a> was born in 1982 in Athens, Georgia, a town whose burgeoning music scene greatly influenced the singer. He identified with <a href="spotify:artist:3gdbcIdNypBsYNu3iiCjtN">the B-52's</a> while growing up, particularly the late Ricky Wilson, and co-founded <a href="spotify:artist:38zTZcuN7nFvVJ6auhc6V3">Deerhunter</a> with drummer/keyboardist Moses Archuleta in 2001. <a href="spotify:artist:38zTZcuN7nFvVJ6auhc6V3">Deerhunter</a> released two full-length albums and an EP before taking a break in 2007, with the bandmembers citing a desire to sort out their personal lives in the interim. <a href="spotify:artist:6P2arVKIJ1e2gNWqMqRrEq">Cox</a> shifted his focus to Atlas Sound, having already issued a split 12" vinyl and a pair of EPs under the same moniker. Molding his sound from a wide range of influences -- including doo wop, electronica, and <a href="spotify:artist:43ZHCT0cAZBISjO8DG9PnE">Elvis Presley</a> -- <a href="spotify:artist:6P2arVKIJ1e2gNWqMqRrEq">Cox</a> then set to work on Atlas Sound's full-length debut, Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel. The album appeared in early 2008 and received strong reviews, fueling <a href="spotify:artist:6P2arVKIJ1e2gNWqMqRrEq">Cox</a>'s decision to quickly begin work on a second album. Later that year, however, an unfinished copy of the intended sophomore album was leaked from <a href="spotify:artist:6P2arVKIJ1e2gNWqMqRrEq">Cox</a>'s MediaFire account, causing the exasperated singer to consider abandoning the project altogether. He eventually returned to the material, polished its rough edges, and released the finished product -- now titled Logos -- in 2009. <a href="spotify:artist:6P2arVKIJ1e2gNWqMqRrEq">Cox</a> followed up with another solo effort in 2011, releasing another album under his Atlas Sound moniker, Parallax. ~ Andrew Leahey, Rovi