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.

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