“Negativity” marks the fifth album in DEER TICK’s discography, and the successor to the acclaimed “Divine Providence”. “Negativity” represents a giant step forward in the band’s discography. Recorded earlier this year in Portland, Oregon, with legendary musician/producer STEVE BERLIN (Los Lobos, The Blasters), this album is the most personal work of its leader JOHN MCCAULEY. From the brilliant baroque pop of “The Dream's In The Ditch” to the sensational “Trash” in the purest Memphis style, “Negativity” opens a stylistic bridge between boozy punk, AM gold, bar and blues, country soul while keeping their deeply American rock'n'roll. Even though DEER TICK have been glorified for their raucous parties and substance-fueled fervor, “Negativity” reveals its more nuanced and tender side on the ballads “Hey Doll” as well as “In Our Time”, a timeless country song featuring a vocal duet with MCCAULEY’s close friend, singer/songwriter VANESSA CARLTON. Heartbreaking, but also triumphant and sincerely full of vitality, “Negativity” represents the peak of DEER TICK, their “Exile On Main Street”