Veckatimest
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| Studio album by Grizzly Bear | ||||
| Released | May 26, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Indie rock, psychedelic folk, folk rock, baroque pop, Chamber pop | |||
| Length | 52:02 | |||
| Label | Warp | |||
| Producer | Chris Taylor | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 85/100 |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| The A.V. Club | A |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| The Guardian | |
| The Independent | |
| Los Angeles Times |  |
| MSN Music | C+ |
| Pitchfork Media | 9.0/10 |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Spin | 8/10 |
Veckatimest is the third studio album by the American indie rock band Grizzly Bear, released on May 26, 2009, on Warp Records. The album is named after Veckatimest Island, a small island in Dukes County, Massachusetts. Produced by bassist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Taylor, the album entered the US Billboard 200 at #8, selling 33,000 copies in its first week of release. By September 2012, the album had sold around 220,000 copies in the US.
The album was also included in the 2011 edition of the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
The recording of Veckatimest began in summer 2008 at Allaire Studios in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. Regarding the writing process, Ed Droste states:
Nico Muhly collaborated with Grizzly Bear on this album. In the interim, they debuted four new songs: "Two Weeks", "While You Wait for the Others", "Fine for Now" and "Cheerleader". They also performed "While You Wait for the Others" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on April 21, 2008, and performed "Two Weeks" on Late Show with David Letterman on July 23, 2008. The band performed the track "Two Weeks" Live in the UK on Later... with Jools Holland on 5 May 2009
The tracks "Cheerleader", "Ready, Able", "I Live with You" and "Foreground" feature the Brooklyn Youth Chorus.
A deluxe edition of the album was released on November 2, 2009, in Europe. Along with the twelve original tracks, it contained an exclusive 24 page booklet and a bonus disc of Veckatimest tracks recorded in various locations. Although the release was exclusive to Europe, the bonus tracks were released digitally to the US in the iTunes Store.
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