Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?

Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
Studio album by
Deerhunter
ReleasedJanuary 18, 2019 (2019-01-18)
Recorded2018
Studio
Length36:10
Label4AD
Producer
Deerhunter chronology
Fading Frontier
(2015) 		Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
(2019)
Singles from Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?
  1. "Death in Midsummer"
    Released: October 30, 2018
  2. "Element"
    Released: December 6, 2018
  3. "Plains"
    Released: January 9, 2019
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.7/10[1]
Metacritic82/100[2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The A.V. ClubB[4]
The Guardian[5]
The Independent[6]
Mojo[7]
NME[8]
Pitchfork8.0/10[9]
Q[10]
The Times[11]
Uncut8/10[12]

Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? is the eighth and last studio album by the American indie rock band Deerhunter before 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]

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  2. ^ "Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? by Deerhunter Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  3. ^ Phares, Heather. "Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? – Deerhunter". AllMusic. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  4. ^ Williams, Matt (January 16, 2019). "Deerhunter's eighth LP is a sci-fi salve for 21st-century anxiety". The A.V. Club. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  5. ^ Petridis, Alexis (January 10, 2019). "Deerhunter: Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? review – beautiful and strange desert drama". The Guardian. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  6. ^ Pollard, Alexandra; O'Connor, Roisin (January 17, 2019). "Album reviews: Steve Gunn – The Unseen in Between, and Deerhunter – Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?". The Independent. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  7. ^ Eccleston, Danny (February 2019). "The Living End". Mojo (303): 88.
  8. ^ Beaumont, Mark (January 8, 2019). "Deerhunter – 'Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?' review". NME. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
  9. ^ Geffen, Sasha (January 17, 2019). "Deerhunter: Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  10. ^ Doherty, Niall (February 2019). "Survival Kit". Q (394): 110.
  11. ^ Hodgkinson, Will (January 18, 2019). "Deerhunter: Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? review". The Times. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  12. ^ Martin, Piers (January 23, 2019). "Deerhunter – Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?". Uncut. Archived from the original on December 20, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  13. ^ "Deerhunter : New Album 'Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?', Single Out Now". 4AD. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  14. ^ Schatz, Lake. "Deerhunter detail new album, Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?, share "Death in Midsummer": Stream". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  15. ^ Alston, Trey; Monroe, Jazz. "Deerhunter Announce New Album, Share Song: Listen". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  16. ^ "Deerhunter : Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? album download | Has it Leaked?". Retrieved 2018-12-11.
  17. ^ Cuby, Michael (January 18, 2019). "Deerhunter's Bradford Cox on Trump, Streaming, and the Commodification of Queerness". them.us. Condé Nast. Retrieved November 10, 2019.