Deer Tick hails from Providence, RI and began as the songwriting project of John McCauley. According to their bio the recently released (and excellent) album War Elephant (out on Feow! Records) "represents the fearlessness of a young man who will play a set at a New England sports bar while a Red Sox championship game is on the tube." A daring feat indeed.
On "Diamond Rings" McCauley comes to terms with a relationship on the outs over a floating melody pausing only momentarily to allow in a slide guitar and some poignant harmonizing. While seemingly at a loss when delivering the melancholy "so what good would fingers be if it weren't for diamond rings" he immediately follows with "now I know you are leaving me and I know I am ok."
Deer Ticks influences range from Neil Young to Nirvana to Townes van Zan and self-describe their sound as "super sweet blues, country, and grunge influenced music." All very good things and not surprisenly it makes for a very nice sound.
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