THE DEER TRACKS at the Rivoli (334 Queen West), Saturday (June 16), 10 pm. $15 or NXNE wristband. nxne.com. See listing.
Four years ago, the Deer Tracks’ David Lehnberg and Elin Lindfors experienced a strange synchronicity in small-town Sweden.
The two met at a party in their hometown of Gävle. On a whim, they cut a track, posted it online and generated blog buzz. They realized they were onto something with their eerie, blissful blend of electronics, peculiar and sometimes danceable rhythms and striking pop melodies.
“When we record we don’t talk to each other much we just communicate through the music,” says Lehnberg. “One feels what the other one wants to do. It’s so strange, but it’s a very nice way of working.”
They released The Archer Trilogy, Part 2 in 2011 and are putting finishing flourishes on Part 3 while touring the United States.
“It’s a contrast,” he says of their chemistry. “[Elin] is very light and sweet-hearted and I want to explore sounds and rhythms. The way she hears the music is totally different from how I hear it.”
The idea of doing a trilogy came out of wanting a challenge. “It’s easy to just make one album and then another [totally different] album,” Lehnberg explains. “But it’s harder to do a trilogy, because you have to have an element that carries through.
“The contrast [between us] is getting bigger in each song. The trilogy is actually helping us discover our own sound even more.”
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