The Great Detachment
| The Great Detachment | ||||
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| Released | March 4, 2016 | |||
| Recorded | Sonic Temple, Halifax, Nova Scotia | |||
| Genre | Indie rock | |||
| Label | Dine Alone Records | |||
| Producer | Tony Doogan | |||
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The Great Detachment is the sixth album by Canadian indie rock band Wintersleep, released in 2016 on Dine Alone Records.
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, several months before the 2016 presidential election. The song was their biggest hit since "Weighty Ghost" in 2007, 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.
Geddy Lee, of Canadian Power-Trio RUSH fame, plays bass on track 10, "Territory".