World Cafe, June 15, 2009 - With appropriate activity and aphotic humor, Deer Tick has won over audiences and critics akin with its edgy, dispersed Americana. The four-piece bandage comes from Providence, R.I., and has unofficially been about back 2004 back it got started as a percussion/guitar duo.

Complete with strings, drums, guitars and bass, Deer Tick is a self-described "rock-rock-rock" accouterments with a little article added — a aberration of alt-country and abrasive blues, as approved on its most recent flat LP, Born on Flag Day. Like Deer Tick's aboriginal album, War Elephants, Born on Flag Day is abounding of roughed-out styles, captivated about a solid indie-rock core.