Rainwater Cassette Exchange

Rainwater Cassette Exchange
EP by Deerhunter
Released May 18, 2009
Recorded February, 2009 at Rare Book Room Studios, Brooklyn, NY[1]
Genre Indie rock, noise pop[2]
Length 15:18
Label Kranky, 4AD
Producer Nicolas Vernhes
Deerhunter chronology

Weird Era Cont.
(2008)		 Rainwater Cassette Exchange
(2009)		 Halcyon Digest
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic (80/100)[3]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [4]
Clash (8/10)[5]
Drowned in Sound (8/10)[6]
Pitchfork (7.5/10)[2]

Rainwater Cassette Exchange is an extended-play by Atlanta-based indie rock band Deerhunter. Much like their previous effort, it was recorded at Rare Book Room Studios in Brooklyn with producer Nicolas Verhes.[7] It became available for download on May 18, 2009, and June 8 for CD and Vinyl. The EP was distributed by Kranky Records in the US while 4AD handled overseas distribution. The title track became available for download on April 17.

Track listing

All songs by Bradford Cox unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Rainwater Cassette Exchange" - 2:23
  2. "Disappearing Ink" - 2:22 (Moses Archuleta/Bradford Cox/Josh Fauver/Lockett Pundt)
  3. "Famous Last Words" - 2:15
  4. "Game of Diamonds" - 3:14 (Bradford Cox/Josh Fauver)
  5. "Circulation" - 5:04 (Moses Archuleta/Bradford Cox)

Chart positions

Charts (2009) Peak
position
US Billboard Heatseekers[8] 28

References

  1. ↑ "New Deerhunter – “Rainwater Cassette Exchange”". Stereogum. 2009-04-17. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pitchfork Media review
  3. ↑ Critic Reviews for Rainwater Cassette Exchange. Metacritic. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
  4. ↑ Allmusic review
  5. ↑ Clash review
  6. ↑ Drowned in Sound review
  7. ↑ "Deerhunter Prep Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP and Premiere MP3 | News". Pitchfork. 2009-04-17. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
  8. ↑ "Deerhunter - Heatseekers Albums chart". Billboard. Retrieved November 28, 2013.

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