The Great Detachment | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 4, 2016 | |||
Recorded | Sonic Temple, Halifax, Nova Scotia[1] | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Label | Dine Alone Records | |||
Producer | Tony Doogan | |||
Wintersleep chronology | ||||
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The Great Detachment is the sixth album by Canadian indie rock band Wintersleep, released in 2016 on Dine Alone Records.[2]
The album received its widest publicity for "Amerika", a single whose video painted a seemingly apocalyptic portrait of contemporary American life before cutting away to a clip from a campaign speech by Donald Trump,[3] several months before the 2016 presidential election.[4] The song was their biggest hit since "Weighty Ghost" in 2007,[5] reaching #1 on Canada's alternative and rock charts.[4]
The album was a shortlisted Juno Award finalist for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2017.[6]
Geddy Lee, of Canadian Power-Trio RUSH fame, plays bass on track 10, "Territory".
Track listing
- "Amerika"
- "Santa Fe"
- "Lifting Cure"
- "More Than"
- "Shadowless"
- "Metropolis"
- "Spirit"
- "Freak Out"
- "Love Lies"
- "Territory"
- "Who Are You"
References
- ↑ "Wintersleep arises with a new sound". Victoria Times-Colonist, March 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Wintersleep: The Great Detachment". Exclaim!, March 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Wintersleep's Heartbreaking 'Amerika' Uses a Donald Trump Speech to a Devastating Effect". Mic, April 7, 2016.
- 1 2 "Wintersleep talks about their Amerika: 'It's become all too real'". Ottawa Citizen, December 13, 2016.
- ↑ Ben Rayner, "Wintersleep's hit echoes U.S. political tenor". Toronto Star, November 29, 2016. page E1
- ↑ "Here Are the 2017 Juno Nominees". Exclaim!, February 7, 2017.
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