June 2009 (album)

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June 2009
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Compilation album by
ReleasedApril 24, 2012 (2012-04-24)
RecordedJune 2009
Genre
Length28:51
Label Carpark
Producer Chaz Bundick
Toro y Moi chronology
Underneath the Pine
(2011)
June 2009
(2012)
Anything in Return
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 66/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The A.V. Club B+ [3]
Clash 6/10 [4]
Consequence of Sound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Drowned in Sound 4/10 [6]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Pitchfork 6.0/10 [8]
Spin 7/10 [9]
This Is Fake DIY 6/10 [10]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]

June 2009 is a compilation album by American recording artist Toro y Moi, released on April 24, 2012, by Carpark Records. [12] Originally sold as a tour-only CD-R, [13] it consists of previously unreleased material produced and recorded by Bundick in June 2009, before his debut studio album, Causers of This (2010), was recorded. [5] [14] Aside from standard CD and digital versions, the album was also released as a limited edition box set containing five 7" vinyl singles, each with their own cover art, as well as a free digital download, postcard, and stickers. [12] [13] [15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chaz Bundick

No.TitleLength
1."Best Around"1:28
2."Take the L to Leave"2:22
3."Girl Problems"2:42
4."Dead Pontoon"2:23
5."Ektelon"3:19
6."Drive South"3:38
7."Sad Sams"2:55
8."Talamak" (First Version)3:45
9."Warm Frames"2:40
10."New Loved Ones"3:39

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