The Great Detachment is the sixth album by Canadian indie rock band Wintersleep, released in 2016 on Dine Alone Records."Wintersleep: The Great Detachment". Exclaim!, March 2, 2016.
The album received its widest publicity for "Amerika", a single whose video painted a seemingly apocalyptic portrait of contemporary American life before cutting away to a clip from a campaign speech by Donald Trump,"Wintersleep's Heartbreaking 'Amerika' Uses a Donald Trump Speech to a Devastating Effect". Mic, April 7, 2016. several months before the 2016 presidential election."Wintersleep talks about their Amerika: 'It's become all too real'". Ottawa Citizen, December 13, 2016. The song was their biggest hit since "Weighty Ghost" in 2007,Ben Rayner, "Wintersleep's hit echoes U.S. political tenor". Toronto Star, November 29, 2016. page E1 reaching #1 on Canada's alternative and rock charts.
The album was a shortlisted Juno Award finalist for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2017."Here Are the 2017 Juno Nominees". Exclaim!, February 7, 2017.
Geddy Lee, of Canadian power-trio Rush fame, plays bass on track 10, "Territory".
Track listing "Amerika" "Santa Fe" "Lifting Cure" "More Than" "Shadowless" "Metropolis" "Spirit" "Freak Out" "Love Lies" "Territory" "Who Are You"
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