Bradford James Cox (born May 15, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Deerhunter.

[8] Cox founded Deerhunter with bassist Paul Harper and drummer Dan Walton (who named the band) in early 2001.

Cox continued recording slightly more structured material and releasing it on CD-R and cassette using the name Atlas Sound.

[10] Cox suggested Lockett Pundt, whom he befriended while attending Harrison High School in Kennesaw, Georgia, join the band on guitar so that he could concentrate on vocals and electronics.

[13] He had access to a cassette player with two tape decks, which he used to layer guitar and drum sounds, and his own voice.

[13] In listening to some of these old tapes (of which Cox believes he has over five hundred in storage) he found "Some of it is absolutely, terrifyingly bad, but sometimes I'm just like, 'Wow, that's cool.'

[15] Cox began Atlas Sound in the wake of his work with Deerhunter because "I have ideas that I can't make work with a five piece rock band...There's kind of this palette of sounds that I use that I don't necessarily get to use with Deerhunter.

[17] To date, there have been three major releases by Cox as Atlas Sound: Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel (2008), Logos (2009), and Parallax (2011).

[21][22] Atlas Sound was chosen by Animal Collective to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival that they curated in May 2011.

[24] He also is a part of the "Avant-Garage" band Ghetto Cross, with Cole Alexander from Black Lips, Frankie Broyles, and Asha Lakra.

[27] Cox collaborated with Cate Le Bon, releasing a joint EP titled, Myths 004 in September 2019.

Some of his guitars include:[29] Bradford Cox's Deerhunter Pedalboard as of 2016 Tours 1966 Fender Jazzmaster into – (signal chain as follows) Out to Fender Hot Rod DeVille 4x10 Cox Also Uses an Exposed Spring Reverb Tank / Filter Unit for Noise and Effects Vocal Effects Pedal Board Beyerdynamic M69 Mic Into: When playing live with Deerhunter, Bradford previously used Univox U-1226 Head into a vintage Marshall 4x10 Cabinet.

[2] As a teenager, he dropped out of high school (although he later earned a GED) and his parents divorced, leaving him "to live in my childhood home alone.

Cox has called his changing musical taste while growing up reflective of his life and mental state.

Around the age of ten, his Marfan syndrome began to affect his body in more visible ways; this is the point at which he "first started looking awkward."

With no friends, Cox became interested in how music could sound "heartbreaking or nostalgic or melancholy"; he identified with the title character of the film Edward Scissorhands, and especially enjoyed the soundtrack, which was composed by Danny Elfman.

Cox's tastes shifted to music that was more "monotonous or hypnotic", such as the Stereolab album Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements.

Around twenty years of age, his life situation brought about "a period", during which he became "only interested in this certain sort of suburban psychedelic pastoral thing.