Deerhunter / Halcyon Digest
Artist Deerhunter
Album Title: Halcyon Digest
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Avant Rock
Format CD
Released 09/27/2010
Label 4AD
Catalog No CAD 3X38CD
Bar Code No 6 52637 30382 7
Packaging Digipack
Tracks
1. Earthquake (5:00)
2. Don't Cry (2:49)
3. Revival (2:13)
4. Sailing (4:59)
5. Memory Boy (2:08)
6. Desire Lines (6:44)
7. Basement Scene (3:41)
8. Helicopter (4:58)
9. Fountain Stairs (2:37)
10. Coronado (3:19)
11. He Would Have Laughed (7:29)
Date Acquired 10/09/2010
Personal Rating
Acquired from Amazon
Purchase Price 7.99

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Notes

Mixed at Maze Studios, Atlanta
Mastered at JLM, Brooklyn
'Basement Scene' was recorded at The Basement live to 4-Track cassette. Mixed at CPT.
'He Would Have Laughed' was recorded at Notown Sound, Marietta, GA. Additional production and overdubs at CPT.
Recorded June 2010 at Chase Park Transduction, Athens GA.
Cover Photography by George Mitchell: Miss Starlite Pageant, a female impersonation pageant - Contestant Dennis Dinion
Photograph and caption from his book: "Ponce De Lion" ©1983, George Michell
℗&© 2010 4AD Ltd. 17-19 Alma Road London SW18 1AA 304 Hudson Street 7th Fl NYC 10013
4-panel digipak with white tray & 2x4 lyrics poster fold-out sheet.
Band [Deerhunter] – B. Cox, J. Fauver, L. Pundt, M. Archuleta
Booking – www.windishagency.com
Booking [& Copy Editing] – Sam Hunt
Cover [Photography] – George Mitchell
Engineer – David Barbe (tracks: 1 to 6, 9 to 11)
Engineer [Assistant] – Winston Barbe (tracks: 7)
Engineer [Asst.] – Drew Vandenberg
Layout [Assistance] – Dan Gallo
Legal – Paul Sommerstein
Management – Associated London Management, Martin Pike
Mastered By – Joe Lambert
Mixed By – Ben H. Allen
Mixed By [Assistant To Mr. Allen] – Juno Matto
Mixed By [Mix Assistant] – Robert Gardner
Musical Assistance [Assistant To The Band] – Paul McPherson
Photography By [Inside Panel] – Will Govus
Photography By [Photos On This Page Taken By (Fold-Out)] – The Group
Producer – Ben H. Allen (tracks: 1 to 6, 9 to 11), Deerhunter (tracks: 1 to 6, 9 to 11)
Producer [Additional Production And Overdubs] – Ben H. Allen (tracks: 11), Deerhunter (tracks: 11)
Producer, Engineer – Henry Barbe (tracks: 7)
Public Relations [Publicity] – Judy Miller Silverman, www.motormouthmedia.com
Recorded By – Bradford* (tracks: 11)
Technician [Chase Park Transduction Interns] – Matt Turtle, Winston Barbe, Yousuf Ahmed
Typography, Layout, Design, Artwork [Additional] – B. Cox
Recorded At – Chase Park Transduction
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – 4AD Ltd.
Copyright © – 4AD Ltd.
Mixed At – Maze Studios, Atlanta
Mixed At – Chase Park Transduction
Recorded At – Notown Sound
Produced At – Chase Park Transduction
Overdubbed At – Chase Park Transduction
Mastered At – Joe Lambert Mastering
Recorded At – Chase Park Transduction
Pressed By – Arvato Digital Services – 54301533

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Analyzed: Deerhunter / Halcyon Digest
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR7       -0.10 dB   -11.03 dB      5:00 01-Earthquake
DR7       -0.10 dB     -9.31 dB      2:49 02-Don't Cry
DR6       -0.10 dB     -8.38 dB      2:14 03-Revival
DR11     -1.06 dB   -16.95 dB      5:00 04-Sailing
DR6       -0.08 dB     -7.14 dB      2:09 05-Memory Boy
DR7       -0.07 dB     -8.21 dB      6:44 06-Desire Lines
DR8       -0.10 dB   -10.73 dB      3:41 07-Basement Scene
DR6       -0.40 dB     -9.08 dB      4:58 08-Helicopter
DR6       -0.20 dB     -7.88 dB      2:38 09-Fountain Stairs
DR7       -0.10 dB     -7.84 dB      3:19 10-Coronado
DR8       -0.10 dB     -9.48 dB      7:29 11-He Would Have Laughed
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Number of tracks:  11
Official DR value: DR7
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 858 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Reviews
All Music Guide Review:

Review by Heather Phares
Inspired by the flyer culture of punk and college rock bands of the ‘70s and ‘80s, Deerhunter introduced Halcyon Digest with an “interactive Xerox art project” in which fans photocopied an old-school flyer made by Bradford Cox, pasted it around their towns, photographed it and sent the results back to the band. Besides being a clever viral strategy to drum up interest for the album, it speaks to the way Deerhunter approaches how fleeting and important memories can be on these songs. Given how prolific Cox and crew have been together -- and separately, with his Atlas Sound project and Lockett Pundt's Lotus Plaza -- since 2007’s Cryptograms, it’s not surprising that they took this opportunity to look back. Halcyon Digest reveals a quieter, sometimes gentler Deerhunter than expected, and while Cox doesn’t exactly sound tired, there’s an occasional rasp in his voice that wasn’t there before. Instead of emphasizing sonics that spiral out into the stratosphere as they did on Microcastle or Rainwater Cassette Exchange, the band emphasizes the dream part of their dream-pop roots. Halcyon Digest gets off to a sleepy start with “Earthquake,” where sluggish beats, looping guitars and reminiscences of “waking up on a dirty couch” feel like being awoken from a dream, or maybe going deeper into one; “Sailing” is a reverie on a pier, so whispered and intimate that it sounds like it belongs on a Cox solo album. Despite its delicacy, Halcyon Digest is some of Deerhunter's most down-to-earth music, and offers some of the band’s most thoughtful songwriting. Cox is more interested in playing with layers of nostalgia than layers of sound, expressing his yearning by channeling the music of youth and rebellion of decades past. “Don’t Cry” and “Basement Scene” evoke the eternally teenage sound of the Everly Brothers, filtered through a fever dream; the excellent “Memory Boy” cherishes “the smell of loose-leaf joints on jeans” with sparkling Anglophilic ‘60s pop. This may also be Deerhunter’s most emotionally varied album, spanning the jubilant sax on the oddly Strokes-like “Coronado” to “Helicopter”'s heartbreaking chamber-pop, which embodies lonely side of memories. The band saves just enough room for two quintessentially Deerhunter tracks: Pundt's gorgeous “Desire Lines” is a standout, taking flight halfway through into a glorious guitar excursion, while the transporting final track “He Would Have Laughed” is all the more poignant for its dedication to Jay Reatard. It’s not as immediate as previous Deerhunter albums, but Halcyon Digest has an appeal all its own: It’s as difficult to grasp -- and as hard to shake -- as a memory lingering at the back of your brain.
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