Eucalyptus (Avey Tare album)

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Eucalyptus
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ReleasedJuly 21, 2017 (2017-07-21)
Recorded2017
Genre Electroacoustic
Length62:29
Label Domino
Avey Tare chronology
Down There
(2010)
Eucalyptus
(2017)
Cows on Hourglass Pond
(2019)
Professional ratings
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AnyDecentMusic? 6.4/10 [1]
Metacritic 68/100 [2]
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The A.V. Club C+ [4]
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Pitchfork 7.6/10 [9]
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Uncut 5/10 [1]

Eucalyptus is the second solo studio album by American recording artist Avey Tare. It was released on July 21, 2017 as the follow-up to his 2010 solo debut Down There , [10] Eucalyptus is his first solo release following the formation of his band Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks. It was recorded by fellow Animal Collective bandmate Joshua Dibb, and features past collaborators Eyvind Kang and Angel Deradoorian.

Contents

Production

A press release by Domino described the album as "an electroacoustic movement through leaves, rocks and dust. Written on sunlit bedroom afternoon in Los Angeles, practiced in the dark early hours of the California twilight, and slept on under Big Sur skies." [11]

Portner wrote the album by himself in 2014, but due to commitments with his band Animal Collective he set the material aside. In an interview with Stereogum , Portner elaborated on the writing of the album: [12]

...my process would just be pretty much: pick up my acoustic guitar, sit on my bed, just spend part of the afternoon or a couple of hours playing guitar and singing with my recorder — I record everything that I play. I like to find a good balance between intuitive creativity and something that's very thought out. And I feel like the most intuitive thing, the best idea, is just the first one that comes, often. So I just collected a bunch of that kinda stuff over the year basically.

His friend and bandmate Josh Dibb proposed properly recording the album in 2016. The two recorded the album together at their respective homes. [13]

Promotion

A week before properly announcing the album, Domino Records mailed out several packages to a handful of recipients. In the package was a tiny puzzle, which displayed the album art once assembled. The label on the box listed the track listing and personnel. [14]

Track listing

All tracks written by Avey Tare.

No.TitleLength
1."Season High"5:47
2."Melody Unfair"5:07
3."Ms. Secret"5:32
4."Lunch Out of Order Pt. 1"1:44
5."Lunch Out of Order Pt. 2"1:52
6."Jackson 5"3:47
7."DR aw one for J"3:12
8."PJ"4:13
9."In Pieces"3:05
10."Selection of a Place"6:07
11."Boat Race"2:16
12."Roamer"2:46
13."Coral Lords"8:03
14."Sports in July"4:46
15."When You Left Me"4:12
Total length:62:29

The track "Selection of a Place" also appears on Animal Collective's Meeting of the Waters EP , although it is listed on the EP as the "Rio Negro Version". The two tracks only share similarities in lyrics and chord progression.

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic. [15]

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [16] 15
US Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [17] 37

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