Deerhunter discography

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The discography of Atlanta, Georgia-based ambient and psychedelic band Deerhunter includes eight studio albums, two extended plays, five vinyl singles, three split albums, and nine music videos. The band has also made appearances on a number of compilation albums. Deerhunter was formed in 2001 by vocalist Bradford Cox and drummer Moses Archuleta. Members to later join were guitarists Colin Mee and Lockett Pundt, and bassists Justin Bosworth and Josh Fauver.[1] Bosworth was killed in a skateboarding accident early in the band's career, leading to his replacement by Fauver.[2] Mee left Deerhunter in 2007 after scheduling conflicts preventing him from performing at a number of shows.[3]

Deerhunter discography
Studio albums8
EPs2
Singles7
B-sides1
Music videos9
Split albums3
Compilation appearances7
Miscellaneous5

Deerhunter released their first album, Turn It Up Faggot, named for an insult shouted at Cox during live shows,[2] in 2005. Its successor, Cryptograms, was released in January 2007, followed by Fluorescent Grey EP several months later. Cox said in an interview with Stylus Magazine that "Cryptograms is a subdued and introverted album", characterizing Turn It Up Faggot as being "about anger and frustration" and calling the group's first record "a total failure."[4] In 2008, Deerhunter released its third studio album, Microcastle, which included a bonus disc titled Weird Era Cont.. In 2009, the EP Rainwater Cassette Exchange was released. Microcastle was the first Deerhunter release to appear on American music charts, earning spots on the Billboard 200, Billboard's Top Independent Albums, and peaking at #1 on the Top Heatseekers chart. Rainwater Cassette Exchange also charted on Top Heatseekers, peaking at #28.

Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
[5]
US
Heat

[5]
US
Ind

[5]
BEL
Fl

[6]
BEL
Wa

[7]
FRA
[8]
NLD
[9]
NOR
[10]
SWI
[11]
UK
[12]
Turn It Up Faggot
Cryptograms
  • Released: January 29, 2007
  • Label: Kranky
  • Format: CD, vinyl
Microcastle
  • Released: October 27, 2008
  • Label: Kranky, 4AD
  • Format: CD, vinyl
123 1 14
Weird Era Cont.
  • Released: October 27, 2008
  • Label: Kranky, 4AD
  • Format: CD, vinyl
  • Bonus disc included with Microcastle.
Halcyon Digest
  • Released: September 28, 2010
  • Label: 4AD
  • Format: CD, vinyl
37 7 73 93 156 99 23 79
Monomania
  • Released: May 7, 2013
  • Label: 4AD
  • Format: CD, vinyl, cassette
41 84 130 79 71
Fading Frontier
  • Released: October 16, 2015
  • Label: 4AD
  • Format: CD, vinyl
72 10 75 89 105 54 53
Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
  • Released: January 18, 2019
  • Label: 4AD
  • Format: CD, vinyl
192 8 62 119 127 125 43 89
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Extended plays

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
US
Heat

[5]
Fluorescent Grey
  • Released: May 8, 2007
  • Label: Kranky
  • Format: CD, vinyl
Rainwater Cassette Exchange
  • Released: June 8, 2009
  • Label: Kranky, 4AD
  • Format: CD, vinyl, cassette
28
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Singles

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Year Title Label Notes Source
2006 Deerhunter 7" Rob's House Records Includes material from Deerhunter's split albums with Alphabets and Hubcap City. [14]
2007 Whirlyball 7" n/a Sold only at Criminal Records in Atlanta, Georgia, and served as a ticket to see a Deerhunter concert which took place June 1, 2007. One hundred copies were pressed. [15]
2008 "Grayscale" Rob's House Records Repressing of Deerhunter/Hubcap City Split without the Hubcap City tracks. [16]
"Nothing Ever Happened" Kranky b/w "Little Kids" (Demo) [17]
2009 "Vox Celeste 5" Sub Pop b/w "Microcastle Mellow 3." As part of Sub Pop's singles club. [18]
2010 "Revival" 4AD b/w "Primitive 3D." Made available for download through an official email link to those who had emailed photos of the promo flyer. (See Halcyon Digest Promotion) [19]
2011 "Memory Boy" 4AD b/w "Nosebleed." Released on Record Store Day. [20]

Music videos

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Year Song Album Director Source
2005 "Oceans" Turn It Up Faggot Shana Wood
2007 "Lake Somerset" Cryptograms James Sumner [21]
"Strange Lights" [22]
2010 "Helicopter" Halcyon Digest
2013 "Back to the Middle" Monomania Olivier Groulx
2015 "Snakeskin" Fading Frontier Valentina Tapia
"Breaker" Bradford Cox & Lockett Pundt
"Living My Life"
2018 "Death in Midsummer" Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? Bradford Cox & Marisa Gesualdi

Split albums

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Year Title Label Source
2005 Deerhunter/Alphabets Split Die Slaughterhaus Records [23]
2006 Deerhunter/Hubcap City Split Rob's House Records [24]
2008 "Fluorescent Grey/Oh, It's Such A Shame" Matador Records [25]

Compilation appearances

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Year Compilation Song Released by Notes Source
2007 Radio K "Like New" Radio K Promotional compilation CD released by KUOM, the student-run radio station of the University of Minnesota. [26]
Cue the Bugle Turbulent "Hazel St." The Believer The 2007 release in a series of yearly CDs put out by The Believer. [27]
Musicfest NW Vol. 2 "Spring Break" MusicfestNW [28]
2008 Lights in the Sky: Over North America 2008 Tour Sampler EP "Like New" n/a Promotional CD released prior to Deerhunter's tour with Nine Inch Nails. [29]
Un Automne 2008 "Never Stops" Les Inrockuptibles [30]
New Video Works "Strange Lights" Post Present Medium Collection of live performances from various bands. [31]
Living Bridge "After Class" Rare Book Room Studio [32]

Miscellaneous

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Year Album details Notes
2005 Live Athens 2005[33]
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Notown Sound
  • Format: CD
Recordings of live material performed in Athens, Georgia.
Unrequited Narcissist[34]
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Notown Sound
  • Format: CD
2008 Fluorescent Grey Demos & Out-takes[35] Collection of early demos related to Deerhunter's 2007 EP Fluorescent Grey. Download at [2]
On Platts Eyott Island[36] One hundred copies were given away at an October 31 Deerhunter concert in Atlanta.
2009 Carve Your Initials Into the Walls of the Night[37]
  • Released: December 12, 2009
  • Label: n/a
  • Format: Digital release
Re-release of early Deerhunter recordings from 2005, performed by Bradford Cox and Moses Archuleta. Download at [3]
2018 Double Dream of Spring
  • Released: May 24, 2018
  • Label: 4AD
  • Format: Cassette
Limited to 300 copies. Available only on their 2018 summer world tour

References

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  29. ^ "Various - Lights in the Sky: Over North America 2008 Tour Sampler EP (File, EP, MP3, Smplr)". Discogs. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
  30. ^ "Various - Un Automne 2008 (CD, Comp)". Discogs. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
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