''Weird Era Cont.'' is the fourth album by

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released concurrently with ''

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''. After ''Microcastle'' had leaked months in advance of its planned release date, the band recorded a new album in an attempt to reward those who awaited its street release date although like ''Microcastle'', it also leaked in advance. ''Weird Era Cont.'' was officially made available as a bonus disc/12", depending on format, with both the

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and Kranky releases. The album is unique in the Deerhunter canon in that it includes songs composed and performed entirely by singular members of the band, outside what would normally be

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. The majority of the album was recorded by the band themselves, with a portion of the album recorded in a studio. In terms of the production of the record, guitarist Lockett Pundt stated: "We kind of wanted it to have an old and haunted vibe in regard to the production of the songs. Probably not something that we would do again."

Leak controversy

On August 18, 2008, Bradford Cox made a post on the Deerhunter blog, linking readers to download "Holiday" b/w "S.S.C." as part of the Virtual 7" series (a series of digital singles released by Cox as Atlas Sound on the Deerhunter blog) without realizing his entire

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account could have been accessed from that link. At the time, the folder contained unmastered demos of ''Weird Era Cont.'' and the Atlas Sound album ''

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''. Someone later gained access to these folders and proceeded to upload them onto P2P networks. This later sparked an outrage by Cox, who intended ''Weird Era Cont.'' to be a surprise to those purchasing the album on its street release date. In the blog, Cox expressed his distaste towards the leaks and whoever made them available, commenting: " 'Weird Era Cont.''was supposed to be a surprise and actually make the idea of an 'Album Release Date' fun." Cox later apologized for his response stating "I accept my mistake. I apologize for my reaction. My anger was directed at myself. Sorry for projecting."

Track listing

Personnel

* Bradford J. Cox – voice, guitar, keyboards * Joshua Fauver – bass * Lockett Pundt – guitar, voice * Moses Archuleta – drums ;Additional musicians * Drew Vandenberg – guitar and piano on 1, percussion on 1 and 13 *

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– guitar on 1, wurlitzer on 11, percussion on 1 and 13

References

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