"Memory Boy" is the second Deerhunter single taken from Halcyon Digest. It was released on April 11, 2011, in the UK and in the US on April 16 to coincide with Record Store Day. The day before the single's announcement, the band played an extended version of the song with guest musicians Cole Alexander (of The Black Lips) and Adam Bruneau (of the Back Pockets) on the Late Show with David Letterman.[1]

"Memory Boy"
Single by Deerhunter
from the album Halcyon Digest
A-side"Memory Boy"
B-side"Nosebleed"
ReleasedApril 16, 2011
RecordedJune 2010, at Chase Park Transduction Studios, GA
GenreIndie pop, garage rock, noise pop
Length5:00
Label4AD
Songwriter(s)Bradford Cox
Producer(s)Ben H. Allen
Deerhunter singles chronology
"Revival"
(2010)
"Memory Boy"
(2011)

The single artwork was created by Bradford Cox. "Nosebleed" was a new recording for this release, and was not recorded during the sessions for Halcyon Digest.

Track listing edit

  1. "Memory Boy" - 2:08
  2. "Nosebleed" - 2:52

References edit

  1. ^ "Expanded Deerhunter Do Letterman". Stereogum. Retrieved 9 January 2015.