Athens (Georgia) is a Cool Town that, some argue, launched alternative music and changed American culture. It also is home to Deep State, a musical project by Taylor Chmura, Christian Deroeck, Michael Gonzalez and Brandon Page – a quartet of musicians with tentacles reaching to bands like Little Gold and Blunt Bangs.
Deep State does not record and release music often, but when they do it’s always right on the money. The band’s last release dates back to 2019 and was called Path To Fast Oblivion. I highly recommended it if this post is your first introduction to Deep State. Strangely, the title of said record would have been a better fit to the band’s most recent release Diary Of A Nobody: The band explicitly states that this 8-song EP (or mini-album) is the final document of the band. Insert mic drop here.
What helps to offset the sadness this message evokes is the simple fact that Deep State goes out with a bang. Diary Of A Nobody is not a sad record, it showcases a band rockin’ out and showing how it’s done one more time. On their final showing, Deep State expertly blend garage pop, alt pop, protopunk and indie rock, with their Polar North pointing toward ’70s classic rock and powerpop.
So don’t expect any complaints here that Deep State is calling it quits, just gratefulness that they existed. Thanx for the tunes Deep State!
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