I got Deerhoof’s iTunes session in my mailbox the other day and wasted no time popping it in. Not only am I a huge Deerhoof lover, but it also has a new track on it called “Makko Shobu” that features Greg Saunier trading his drums for a piano and Satomi providing beautiful vocals. The song selected for sharing is another gem, too; “Blue Cash” is the closing track of my favorite Deerhoof record, Apple O.

MP3: Deerhoof – Blue Cash
The album version of “Blue Cash” is very rough — though enjoyable — but here they get to flesh it out more and really come up holding a fantastic finished product. Though “Blue Cash” isn’t the first track I’d suggest a new listener to Deerhoof start with on their iTunes session, this version is undoubtedly going to be of much interest to longtime fans of theirs.

A quick word on “Makko Shobu” while I’m at it. Deerhoof has strong jazz leanings not so much in sound but in thought. They’re very much a rock and roll band, but they play around with song structure and key more than most. On “Makko Shobu” they sound like they could be actually filed in the Jazz section though. Deerhoof have slow songs and they have beautiful songs, but this might be the slowest and most beautiful out of them all. It’s entirely in Japanese and the absolute cherry of the EP.

You can download Deerhoof’s iTunes EP February 3rd from iTunes.