The Great Detachment

2016 studio album by Wintersleep

Studio album by

Wintersleep

Released

March 4, 2016

Recorded

Sonic Temple, Halifax, Nova Scotia^[1]

Genre

Indie rock

Label

Dine Alone Records

Producer

Tony Doogan

Wintersleep chronology

Hello Hum
(2012)

The Great Detachment
(2016)

In the Land Of
(2019)

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.
^ ^a ^b "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.