Deer Tick put Coin-O-Matic tokens into Providence nostalgia and regret

Deer Tick’s Coin-O-Matic lands in the 19 June review cycle with Providence, Rhode Island practically written into the grooves. The self-produced record reportedly pulls from hometown lore, mob history, old Italian restaurants, Catholic guilt, closed businesses and the sort of regret that starts arriving on schedule once a band has enough years behind it. Deer Tick have always been good at barstool poetry, but Coin-O-Matic appears to lean more mellow and reflective than the group’s earlier let’s-get-ruined energy. That is not necessarily a weakness. Bands age, cities age, favourite places disappear, and eventually the rowdy song has to sit next to the ballad and admit they are cousins. Coin-O-Matic sounds like a record at ease with where it comes from, even when the nostalgia has bite marks. Providence may be the setting, but time is the actual villain.

Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/deer-tick-coin-o-matic/