Halfaxa

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.^[3][5][6][7]

Halfaxa
Studio album by Grimes
Released	September 30, 2010 (2010-09-30)
Genre	Witch house goth-pop darkwave glo-fi experimental[1]
Length	55:07
Label	Arbutus Lo
Producer	Grimes
Grimes chronology
Geidi Primes (2010) Halfaxa (2010) Darkbloom (2011)
Alternative cover
Lo Recordings cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Drowned in Sound	7/10[2]
Dummy	7/10[3]
Pitchfork	7.8/10[4]

Background

Grimes described Halfaxa as "dark" but created at a more positive point in her life, contrasting with the other albums she had produced.^[8] The album is mostly inspired by her time in Halifax, Nova Scotia, while staying at her friend's home.^[9]

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.^[2][10][11] 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.^[12]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Outer"	1:12
2.	"Intor / Flowers" (deliberately misspelled;[13][14][15] titled as "Intro / Flowers" on most digital releases[16][17][18])	2:50
3.	"Weregild"	5:14
4.	"∆∆∆∆Rasik∆∆∆∆" (deleted from digital releases and pressings made by Arbutus Records in 2016 and later[19])	1:50
5.	"Heartbeats" (bonus track exclusive to the Lo Recordings releases[18][20])	4:32
6.	"Sagrad Прекрасный"	5:13
7.	"Dragvandil"	1:39
8.	"Devon"	4:31
9.	"Dream Fortress"	5:01
10.	"World ♡ Princess"	4:41
11.	"† River †"	1:57
12.	"Swan Song"	3:05
13.	"≈Ω≈Ω≈Ω≈Ω≈Ω≈Ω≈Ω≈Ω≈" (titled as "Omega" on some releases[15])	2:14
14.	"My Sister Says the Saddest Things"	4:12
15.	"Hallways"	5:44
16.	"Favriel"	2:36
Total length:		55:07

All tracks are written by Claire Boucher.

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.^[21]

• Grimes – vocals, production, composition, illustrations
• Jasper Baydala – design
• Sebastian Cowan – mastering (tracks 1–4, tracks 6–16)
• Antony Ryan – mastering (track 5)

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format(s)
Canada[22]	September 30, 2010	Arbutus Records	Digital download
United States[23]
Canada[24]	October 5, 2010		CD
Australia[25]	February 28, 2011	Lo Recordings	Digital download
France[26]
Germany[27]
United Kingdom[28]
Germany[29]	March 11, 2011		CD
United Kingdom[30][31]	March 14, 2011		CD LP
France[32][33]	March 16, 2011	Loreley
Australia[34]	March 30, 2011	Lo Recordings	CD
Germany[35]	April 22, 2011		LP
United States[36]	January 31, 2012	Arbutus Records	CD
United States[37]	April 1, 2016	Arbutus Records	LP