Deerhoof Is the Problem / Basic Laws

Deerhoof is the problem.

As soon as the cosmology of cool has been invented, it was brought to my attention that Deerhoof doesn't neatly fit into a category in our theoretical framework. So, the big question is, how do we deal with it?

Since we have the discrete particles of a new physics, it's important that we come to some natural laws that we can start manipulating to create predictions about the new wave of cool. Moreover, if our theory can come to some kind of strong narrative in understanding the evolution of Deerhoof as a musical phenomenon, our current cosmology lives to fight another day.

One observation that I think would be worth ruminating on is the cyclical transformation of cool throughout history. Namely, the history of cool follows a dialectic, each phase becoming a inverse reflection of the last. In doing so, it moves through our four categories, beginning with hardcore as follows,

First comes HARDCORE, the raw, unadulterated need to express human thought & emotion. In its inherent passion, the style is serious, externalized, expressive.

This gives rise to DYLAN-CORE, which responds to this particular need and eschews the need for externalization to show seriousness and contemplation. This raw need becomes internalized.

In response, FABCORE refuses to accept basic seriousness of its earlier cousins, instead feeling that an insistence on seriousness and convoluted introspection is inof itself inauthentic. Rather than running from frivolousness, it embraces it in an externalized rebellion.

Finally, WARHOL-CORE sythesizes the earlier three into a single piece, which accepts Fabcore critique of embracing humor and absurdity, while accepting the social critique and passion idolized by the earlier -cores in an introspective way.

However, as this balance is precarious and itself a kind of meta-identity, this soon collapses once again into the search for deep authenticity in another Hardcore mode.

To that end, we can understand Deerhoof as part of this move from Warholcore back to a new phase of Hardcore. While maintaining the absurd musicial gestures of a Warholcore band, they are serious and passionate enough to show their colors as a hardcore phenomenon. They, in essence, are a bridging band between two phases of the orbit of the cosmology of the cool.

Thoughts?