Deathconsciousness

Deathconsciousness
Studio album by
Have a Nice Life
ReleasedJanuary 24, 2008 (2008-01-24)
Recorded2002–2007
Genre
Length85:04
LabelEnemies List Home Recordings
Have a Nice Life chronology
Deathconsciousness
(2008) 		Time of Land
(2010)
2009 reissue album cover

Deathconsciousness is the debut studio album by American rock duo Have a Nice Life, released on January 24, 2008 on Enemies List Home Recordings.[4] Recorded independently by the band members on a budget of less than $1,000, Deathconsciousness was released as a double album; the first disc is entitled "The Plow That Broke the Plains" and the second is entitled "The Future".[5] The original cover art features a darkened version of the painting The Death of Marat, painted by Jacques-Louis David during the French Revolution.[6]

The album received little attention from professional music publications upon its release, but spread through internet message boards and memes. In 2019, Kerrang! noted that it "quickly became a viral hit amongst internet communities like /mu/, Sputnikmusic and Rate Your Music. Aided by their relative anonymity and Deathconsciousness' ominous liner notes, which described a fictional medieval cult that worshipped God's murderer, Deathconsciousness quickly became the stuff of internet myth."[7]

  1. ^ a b Goodridge, Hayden (2019-08-27). "Have a Nice Life Announce New Album Sea of Worry, Share Lead Single". Paste. Archived from the original on 2021-01-13. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
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  3. ^ a b "Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness (album review)". Sputnikmusic. 2008-01-30.
  4. ^ "ENEMIES LIST HOME RECORDINGS » shoegaze/doom/drone/whatever. Since 2005". Enemies List Home Recordings. Archived from the original on 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  5. ^ Gotrich, Lars (December 11, 2013). "This Song Is For Throwing Stuff Out The Window". NPR. Archived from the original on 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
  6. ^ "Louvre site des collections". collections.louvre.fr. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  7. ^ "Have A Nice Life Aren't Joking". Kerrang!. 22 March 2019. Retrieved 2022-10-31.