| Artist: | Deerhunter |
| Studio: | 8 |
| Music Videos: | 9 |
| Ep: | 2 |
| Singles: | 7 |
| B-Sides: | 1 |
| Option: | 3 |
| Option Name: | Split albums |
| 1Option: | 7 |
| 1Option Name: | Compilation appearances |
| 2Option: | 5 |
| 2Option Name: | Miscellaneous |
The discography of Atlanta, Georgia-based ambient and psychedelic band Deerhunter includes eight studio albums, two extended plays, five vinyl singles, three split albums, and nine music videos. The band has also made appearances on a number of compilation albums. Deerhunter was formed in 2001 by vocalist Bradford Cox and drummer Moses Archuleta. Members to later join were guitarists Colin Mee and Lockett Pundt, and bassists Justin Bosworth and Josh Fauver.[1] Bosworth was killed in a skateboarding accident early in the band's career, leading to his replacement by Fauver.[2] Mee left Deerhunter in 2007 after scheduling conflicts preventing him from performing at a number of shows.[3]
Deerhunter released their first album, Turn It Up Faggot, named for an insult shouted at Cox during live shows, in 2005. Its successor, Cryptograms, was released in January 2007, followed by Fluorescent Grey EP several months later. Cox said in an interview with Stylus Magazine that "Cryptograms is a subdued and introverted album", characterizing Turn It Up Faggot as being "about anger and frustration" and calling the group's first record "a total failure."[4] In 2008, Deerhunter released its third studio album, Microcastle, which included a bonus disc titled Weird Era Cont.. In 2009, the EP Rainwater Cassette Exchange was released. Microcastle was the first Deerhunter release to appear on American music charts, earning spots on the Billboard 200, Billboards Top Independent Albums, and peaking at #1 on the Top Heatseekers chart. Rainwater Cassette Exchange also charted on Top Heatseekers, peaking at #28.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [5] | US Heat | US Ind | BEL Fl [6] | BEL Wa [7] | FRA [8] | NLD [9] | NOR [10] | SWI [11] | UK [12] | |||
| Turn It Up Faggot |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cryptograms |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Microcastle |
| 123 | 1 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Weird Era Cont. |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Halcyon Digest |
| 37 | — | 7 | 73 | 93 | 156 | 99 | 23 | — | 79 | |
| Monomania |
| 41 | — | — | 84 | 130 | — | 79 | — | — | 71 | |
| Fading Frontier |
| 72 | — | 10 | 75 | 89 | 105 | 54 | — | — | 53 | |
| Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? |
| 192 | — | 8 | 62 | 119 | 127 | 125 | — | 43 | 89 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Heat | |||
| Fluorescent Grey |
| — | |
| Rainwater Cassette Exchange |
| 28 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
| Year | Title | Label | Notes | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Deerhunter 7" | Rob's House Records | Includes material from Deerhunter's split albums with Alphabets and Hubcap City. | [14] | |
| 2007 | Whirlyball 7" | n/a | Sold only at Criminal Records in Atlanta, Georgia, and served as a ticket to see a Deerhunter concert which took place June 1, 2007. One hundred copies were pressed. | [15] | |
| 2008 | "Grayscale" | Rob's House Records | Repressing of Deerhunter/Hubcap City Split without the Hubcap City tracks. | [16] | |
| "Nothing Ever Happened" | Kranky | b/w "Little Kids" (Demo) | [17] | ||
| 2009 | "Vox Celeste 5" | Sub Pop | b/w "Microcastle Mellow 3." As part of Sub Pop's singles club. | [18] | |
| 2010 | "Revival" | 4AD | b/w "Primitive 3D." Made available for download through an official email link to those who had emailed photos of the promo flyer. (See Halcyon Digest Promotion) | [19] | |
| 2011 | "Memory Boy" | 4AD | b/w "Nosebleed." Released on Record Store Day. | [20] |
| Year | Song | Album | Director | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | "Oceans" | Turn It Up Faggot | Shana Wood | ||
| 2007 | "Lake Somerset" | Cryptograms | James Sumner | [21] | |
| "Strange Lights" | [22] | ||||
| 2010 | "Helicopter" | Halcyon Digest | |||
| 2013 | "Back to the Middle" | Monomania | Olivier Groulx | ||
| 2015 | "Snakeskin" | Fading Frontier | Valentina Tapia | ||
| "Breaker" | Bradford Cox & Lockett Pundt | ||||
| "Living My Life" | |||||
| 2018 | "Death in Midsummer" | Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? | Bradford Cox & Marisa Gesualdi |
| Year | Title | Label | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Deerhunter/Alphabets Split | Die Slaughterhaus Records | [23] | |
| 2006 | Deerhunter/Hubcap City Split | Rob's House Records | [24] | |
| 2008 | "Fluorescent Grey/Oh, It's Such A Shame" | Matador Records | [25] |
| Year | Compilation | Song | Released by | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Radio K | "Like New" | Radio K | Promotional compilation CD released by KUOM, the student-run radio station of the University of Minnesota. | [26] |
| Cue the Bugle Turbulent | "Hazel St." | The Believer | The 2007 release in a series of yearly CDs put out by The Believer. | [27] | |
| Musicfest NW Vol. 2 | "Spring Break" | MusicfestNW | [28] | ||
| 2008 | Lights in the Sky: Over North America 2008 Tour Sampler EP | "Like New" | n/a | Promotional CD released prior to Deerhunter's tour with Nine Inch Nails. | [29] |
| Un Automne 2008 | "Never Stops" | Les Inrockuptibles | [30] | ||
| New Video Works | "Strange Lights" | Post Present Medium | Collection of live performances from various bands. | [31] | |
| Living Bridge | "After Class" | Rare Book Room Studio | [32] |
| Year | Album details | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Live Athens 2005[33]
| Recordings of live material performed in Athens, Georgia. |
Unrequited Narcissist[34]
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| 2008 | Fluorescent Grey Demos & Out-takes[35]
| Collection of early demos related to Deerhunter's 2007 EP Fluorescent Grey. Download at https://web.archive.org/web/20121018215344/http://www.mediafire.com/?ddx1wgj4xg9 |
On Platts Eyott Island[36]
| One hundred copies were given away at an October 31 Deerhunter concert in Atlanta. | |
| 2009 | Carve Your Initials Into the Walls of the Night[37]
| Re-release of early Deerhunter recordings from 2005, performed by Bradford Cox and Moses Archuleta. Download at https://web.archive.org/web/20110817031245/http://www.mediafire.com/?zkediy5itnw |
| 2018 | Double Dream of Spring
| Limited to 300 copies. Available only on their 2018 summer world tour |