Halfaxa is the second studio album by Canadian electronic music artist Grimes. It was released in Canada on October 5, 2010, by Arbutus Records, and in the United Kingdom and mainland Europe in May 2011 by Lo Recordings.
Background Grimes described Halfaxa as "dark" but created at a more positive point in her life, contrasting with the other albums she had produced. The album is mostly inspired by her time in Halifax, Nova Scotia, while staying at her friend's home.
Composition Halfaxa has been described as a goth-pop, witch house, dark wave, and glo-fi release, as well as featuring influences of glitch pop, R&B, techno, industrial, and electro. Grimes has said Halfaxa was created to "evoke the feeling of believing in God in a very Medieval Christian way", and has described it as her "medieval" album.
Track listing
Notes On the Lo Recordings version, the tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 are stylised in lowercase and 9, 10 are stylised as "Dreamfortress" and "world♡princess." On some digital releases, "∆∆∆∆Rasik∆∆∆∆" is simply titled "rasik".
Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes of Halfaxa.
Grimes – vocals, production, composition, illustrations Jasper Baydala – design Sebastian Cowan – mastering Antony Ryan – mastering
Release history CountryDateLabelFormat(s)CanadaSeptember 30, 2010Arbutus RecordsDigital downloadUnited StatesCanadaOctober 5, 2010CDAustraliaFebruary 28, 2011Lo RecordingsDigital downloadFranceGermanyUnited KingdomGermanyMarch 11, 2011CDUnited KingdomMarch 14, 2011FranceMarch 16, 2011LoreleyAustraliaMarch 30, 2011Lo RecordingsCDGermanyApril 22, 2011LPUnited StatesJanuary 31, 2012Arbutus RecordsCDUnited StatesApril 1, 2016Arbutus RecordsLP
References
External links Halfaxa at Arbutus Records