Deafheaven have detailed their previously announced live album 10 Years Gone. The record is out digitally and physically on December 4 via Sargent House. Today, they’ve shared the live version of “Daedalus”—the first song they ever wrote as a group. Listen to that below and scroll down for the album’s tracklist.
“Earlier this year we intended on celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Deafheaven demo released through Bandcamp on June 1, 2010 with a tour of North America with our friends Inter Arma, Greet Death and All Your Sisters,” frontman George Clarke said in a press release. He continued:
Unfortunately, we couldn’t fulfill that tour because of fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. To rebound from the financial and morale hit, we put together an album of the set we intended to perform.
Revisiting the songs in this studio sessions format with Jack Shirley at Atomic Garden reminded us of how important these years have been. I’m thankful we were able to give songs like “Daedalus,” the first we wrote, and other favorites like Vertigo and Kettle new power after so many years of playing them. They made me think of the people who played on them with us. For the first time we’ve included information on who played on what tracks and when they were originally released. We included thank you-s in the liner notes to these musicians who’ve spent time with this project, on tour or on record and all of the touring crew, label support and management support who have helped us this past decade.
We’re thankful we were able to do this project and that fans have stuck with us as we make new music for 2021. Thank you for helping us move forward and I hope you enjoy this record as a small interim in the Deafheaven story. We’ll see you soon.
Deafheaven’s last studio album was 2018’s Ordinary Corrupt Human Love. That record contains the single “Honeycomb,” which earned the group their first-ever Grammy nomination (for Best Metal Performance). Revisit Pitchfork’s interview “Deafheaven’s George Clarke Talks Grammy Nomination, Inclusivity in Metal.”
10 Years Gone:
01 From the Kettle Onto the Coil 02 Daedalus 03 Vertigo 04 Language Games 05 Glint 06 Baby Blue 07 The Pecan Tree 08 Dream House
