The Pop Corporation

You could just skip all these words and press play on the video below, but you might want to find out what we’ve found out too. The basic deal here though, is this is a bit of a departure for Deerhoof and the song is really great.

It’s called ‘Wedding, March, Flower’ and it starts slowly and tenderly, and then the drums come in and it’s takes off, gently. It’s an emotional banger. We like it a lot.

“I was flirting with my partner Sophie and sent her a video of me humming and playing the piano,” says drummer Greg Saunier. “Deerhoof was starting to get songs together for our next record. No one had suggested we needed any tender piano ballads, but Sophie convinced me to show it to my bandmates anyway.”

He continued: “I was so touched when they were into it. The real kicker came when Satomi wrote lyrics. They were in Japanese, so when we first rehearsed it, I wasn’t even sure what I was singing. But Satomi had written a love song about a wedding. Satomi and I ended our marriage over 10 years ago, and it hasn’t always been easy for any of us to keep the band going. Our songs have always been one way that we all process our feelings with each other. Co-writing and performing ‘Wedding March Flower’ with her was really intense.”

Deerhoof have a new LP on March 31st.