Rounds (album)

Rounds
Studio album by Four Tet
Released	5 May 2003 (2003-05-05)
Genre	Electronica folktronica IDM downtempo
Length	45:22
Label	Domino
Producer	Kieran Hebden
Four Tet chronology
Paws (2001) Rounds (2003) Hella/Four Tet Split (2004)
Singles from Rounds
"She Moves She" Released: 31 March 2003 "As Serious as Your Life" Released: 20 October 2003 "My Angel Rocks Back and Forth" Released: 4 May 2004

Rounds is the third solo album by British electronic musician Kieran Hebden, released under his alias Four Tet on 5 May 2003 by Domino Recording Company. Wanting to make a more personal record, Hebden recorded and produced the album in his North London flat over ten months using a desktop computer and a home hi-fi system. Its ten tracks feature elements of hip hop, jazz and folk; apart from a guitar part recorded for "Slow Jam", the music is composed from between 200 and 300 samples, many processed beyond recognition.

Rounds produced two singles and one EP. Critics praised its unique fusion of electronic and organic styles, and Metacritic lists it as the fourth best-reviewed album of 2003. Several publications included Rounds on "best albums of the decade" lists. In May 2013, on the tenth anniversary of its release, Domino reissued Rounds with a bonus disc including a 2004 live performance.