Veckatimest (album)
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Band
- Daniel RossenDaniel RossenDaniel Rossen is a singer/songwriter/guitarist for the Brooklyn-based indie-rock group, Grizzly Bear. He is also a member of the duo Department of Eagles.-Biography:...
– vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, string arrangements ("I Live With You") - Ed DrosteEd DrosteEdward "Ed" Droste is an original member of the Brooklyn-based indie-rock group, Grizzly Bear. The group began as the solo effort of Droste with the release of 2004's Horn of Plenty, originally released on Kanine Records. All songs were written and performed by Droste...
– vocals, guitar, keyboards - Chris TaylorChris Taylor (Grizzly Bear musician)Chris Taylor is a multi-instrumentalist and producer best known for his role of bass player in the Brooklyn based indie folk group, Grizzly Bear.-Biography:...
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, backing vocals, - Christopher BearChristopher BearChristopher Bear is a drummer and multi-instrumentalist associated with the Brooklyn-based indie-rock group, Grizzly Bear....
– drums, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Victoria LegrandBeach HouseBeach House is a dream pop duo formed in 2004 in Baltimore, Maryland, consisting of French-born Victoria Legrand and Baltimore native Alex Scally. Their self-titled debut, Beach House, released in 2006, was critically acclaimed. This was followed by their second release, Devotion, in 2008...
- backing vocals ("Two Weeks") - Brooklyn Youth Choir - backing vocals ("Cheerleader", "I Live With You", "Foreground")
- Acme String Quartet - strings ("Southern Point", "Ready, Able", "I Live With You", "Foreground")
- Nico MuhlyNico MuhlyNico Muhly is a contemporary classical music composer, who has worked and recorded with classical and pop/rock musicians. He currently lives in the Lower East Side section of Manhattan in New York City.-Early years:...
- choral arrangements ("Cheerleader", "Foreground"), string quartet arrangements ("Southern Point", "Ready, Able", "Foreground")
Recording personnel
- Chris TaylorChris Taylor (Grizzly Bear musician)Chris Taylor is a multi-instrumentalist and producer best known for his role of bass player in the Brooklyn based indie folk group, Grizzly Bear.-Biography:...
- producer, engineer - Gareth Jones - co-mixing engineer
- Greg Calbi - mastering
- Steve Falone - mastering assistant
Artwork
- William J. O'BrienWilliam J. O'Brien (artist)William J O’Brien is an artist based in Chicago.O’Brien was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He uses sculpture, drawing, assemblage, painting and ceramics in abstract and figurative arrangements...
- drawings - Ben Wilkerson Tousley - design
- Amelia Bauer - hand drawn text
Reception
Upon release, Veckatimest was greeted with widespread critical acclaim, currently holding a score of 85 at aggregate critic review site, MetaCriticMetacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
. The album is generally viewed by critics as a large step forward for Grizzly Bear in regards to partial genre-blending, musical complexity and experimentation.
Both "While You Wait for the Others
While You Wait for the Others
"While You Wait for the Others" is a song by Brooklyn-based indie rock band Grizzly Bear, and the second single from the band's third studio album, Veckatimest...
" and "Two Weeks
Two Weeks (Grizzly Bear song)
"Two Weeks" is a song by Brooklyn-based indie rock band Grizzly Bear, and the first single from the band's third studio album, Veckatimest. The song was released as a single on June 1, 2009. The song features backing vocals from Victoria Legrand, singer and organist for the dream pop duo Beach House...
" appeared in Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media
Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork or P4k, is a Chicago-based daily Internet publication established in 1995 that is devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. Its focus is on underground and independent music, especially indie rock...
's Top 500 Tracks of the 2000s, ranking at #334 and #162 respectively. The album was ranked #42 on their list of the decade's top 200 albums. Rhapsody
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called it the 8th best album of 2009. Official music videos have been produced for "Two Weeks", "While You Wait for the Others", and "Ready, Able". Veckatimest was also voted Stereogum's 2nd best album of 2009.
Veckatimest also managed to place well on many "End of the Year" lists, with Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...
placing it at 21st best album of the year. Spin Magazine placing it at 4. Pitchfork Media also placed it at 6th place
Charts
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| ARIA Charts ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
41 |
| Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) | 20 |
| Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) | 34 |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 49 |
| French Albums Chart | 73 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 44 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart | 14 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 41 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 96 |
| UK Albums Chart | 24 |
| US Billboard Top 200 | 8 |
| US Billboard Top Independent Albums | 1 |