Bradford Cox & Lockett Pundt

Bradford Cox & Lockett Pundt are the two songwriters behind Deerhunter, the Atlanta band formed in the early 2000s. Cox fronts the group and writes most of its material. Pundt plays guitar and contributes a smaller number of songs, among them "Agoraphobia" from Microcastle and "Desire Lines" from Halcyon Digest, both fan favourites. The two have been friends since their school years in Atlanta.

Each has a solo outlet. Cox records as Atlas Sound, a largely home-recorded project that produced Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel, Logos and Parallax. Pundt's Lotus Plaza leans toward washed, reverb-heavy guitar pop on The Floodlight Collective and Spooky Action at a Distance. Working as a pair strips Deerhunter's sound back to the songs themselves and the interplay of their two guitars.