Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
2019 studio album by Deerhunter
Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? Released January 18, 2019 (2019-01-18 ) Recorded 2018 Studio
Length 36 :10 Label 4AD Producer
"Death in Midsummer" "Element" "Plains"
Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? indie rock band Deerhunter , and their final release before their hiatus. It was released on January 18, 2019, on 4AD . The album was co-produced by singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon , Ben H. Allen (who had previously worked with the band on Halcyon Digest Fading Frontier Fading Frontier ) and the band itself. The first single, "Death in Midsummer", was released on October 30, 2018. The same day, a world tour in support of the album was announced, starting on November 4, 2018.[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
Lead singer Bradford Cox described the album as a "science fiction album about the present."[ 17]
Title
The album's title is a reference to the posthumously published book of the same name by French philosopher Jean Baudrillard . Bradford Cox explained that he was "attracted less to the content of the book and more to this idea of a philosopher who spends his entire career predicting the disappearance of [culture], and then, on his deathbed, realizes it hasn't completely happened on its own during his lifetime. There's something sad and infinitely melancholy about that." Cox described the title as a "beautiful picture frame" for the songs he wrote for the album.[ 17]
Accolades
Track listing
All tracks are written by Bradford Cox , except "Tarnung" by Lockett Pundt .
Title 1. "Death in Midsummer" 4:22 2. "No One’s Sleeping" 4:26 3. "Greenpoint Gothic" 2:02 4. "Element" 3:00 5. "What Happens to People?" 4:16 6. "Détournement" 3:26 7. "Futurism" 2:52 8. "Tarnung" 3:08 9. "Plains" 2:13 10. "Nocturne" 6:25 Total length: 36:10
Personnel
Credits adapted from the 4AD website, except where noted.[ 13]
Deerhunter
Bradford Cox – vocals; electric and acoustic guitars; synthesizer; percussion; auxiliary drums; piano; Chamberlin ; tapes; mandolinLockett Pundt – electric, acoustic, slide, and twelve string guitars; organ; piano; mandolin; electric harpsichord; synthesizer; vocalsMoses Archuleta – drums; synthesizer; mandolinJosh McKay – bass; marimba; piano, contrabass, electric piano; bellsJavier Morales – piano; electric piano; Chamberlin; tenor saxophone; marimba; bass synthesizer; bass clarinet; contrabass Additional musicians
Cate Le Bon – harpsichord on "Death in Midsummer", vocals on "Tarnung", mandolin on "No One's Sleeping"[ 23] Tim Presley – abstract lead guitar on "Futurism"Ben H. Allen III – synthetic bass system on "Plains"Ian Horrocks – contrabass on "Nocturne"
James Cox – bass vocals on "Element"[ 23] Technical
Ben Etter – engineering, mixing
Samur Khouja – engineering
Ben H. Allen III – mixing
Bradford Cox – engineering, mixing
Heba Kadry – mastering
Charts
References
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