Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
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- Marfa Recording, Marfa, TX
- Sonic Ranch, TX
- Seahorse Sound, Los Angeles
- Maze, Atlanta
- Attic of B. Cox, Grant Park, Atlanta
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| Released | January 18, 2019 | |||
| Recorded | 2018 | |||
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| Length | 36:10 | |||
| Label | 4AD | |||
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| Singles from Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.7/10[1] |
| Metacritic | 82/100[2] |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| The A.V. Club | B[4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| The Independent | [6] |
| Mojo | [7] |
| NME | [8] |
| Pitchfork | 8.0/10[9] |
| Q | [10] |
| The Times | [11] |
| Uncut | 8/10[12] |
Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? is the eighth studio album by the American 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 and Fading Frontier), Ben Etter (who worked as a studio assistant on 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] The second single from the album, "Element", was released on December 6, 2018. The album leaked on December 12, 2018.[16]
Lead singer Bradford Cox described the album as a "science fiction album about the present."[17]
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
| Publication | Accolade | Rank | Ref. |
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| Gothamist | Top 26 Albums of 2019 | 21 |
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| Magnet | Top 25 Albums of 2019 | 18 |
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| No Ripcord | Top 50 Albums of 2019 | 13 |
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| Piccadilly Records | Top 100 Albums of 2019 | 16 |
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| Under the Radar | Top 100 Albums of 2019 | 22 |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Bradford Cox, except "Tarnung" by Lockett Pundt.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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 | |
