more from
Merge Records
We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Generations

by Will Butler

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $8 USD  or more

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Housed in a 4-panel gatefold wallet with spot gloss details. Includes folded miniposter lyric insert.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Generations via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $12.98 USD or more 

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Black vinyl in a printed cardboard dustsleeve, housed in a jacket with spot gloss details. Includes digital download card.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Generations via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $19.98 USD or more 

     

  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited-edition pressing on red splatter vinyl. Includes digital download card.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Generations via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      $21.98 USD or more 

     

1.
Outta Here 04:44
2.
Bethlehem 03:31
3.
4.
5.
Surrender 03:49
6.
Hide It Away 03:46
7.
Hard Times 03:53
8.
Promised 04:25
9.
10.
Fine 06:50

credits

released September 25, 2020

Songs by—

Will Butler: singing, synths, piano, guitar, bass guitar, percussion, drum machines, snare, claps
Miles Francis: drums, drum machines, percussion, synths, acoustic guitar, singing, claps
Sara Dobbs: pre-production, singing, claps
Julie Shore: synths, piano, electric guitar, singing, claps
Jenny Shore: synths, singing, claps

Woodwind arrangements on “I Don’t Know What I Don’t Know,” “Not Gonna Die,” and “Fine” by Stuart Bogie and Matt Bauder

Stuart Bogie: clarinet, tenor sax
Matt Bauder: bass clarinet, tenor sax, alto sax, baritone sax

Produced by Will Butler

Engineered by Will Butler

Drums engineered by Korey Richey

Additional engineering and production by Miles Francis

Mixed by Mark Lawson: “Outta Here,” “Bethlehem,” “Close My Eyes,” “Surrender,” “Fine”

Mixed by Shiftee: “I Don’t Know What I Don’t Know,” “Hide It Away,” “Hard Times,” “Promised,” “Not Gonna Die”

Mastered by Bob Weston

Artwork by Daniel Murphy

All songs published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.

Special thanks to: Dounia Mikou, Boche and Billions, Andrew Morgan, Emma Banks, Gillian Bar, Korey, Matt, Stuart, Win, Frances, Marika, everyone at Merge, County Clare, Jeff, Markus, Craig, Sam, Mark, TEEN (RIP), Partners in Health, Mom, Dad, Ronan, Alvin, Billy, and Bess. And a welcome to Remi.

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Will Butler Brooklyn, New York

Will Butler has been a member of the band Arcade Fire for over 10 years. This is his first release under his own name.

Policy is American music—in the tradition of the Violent Femmes, The Breeders, The Modern Lovers, Bob Dylan, Smokey Robinson, The Magnetic Fields, Ghostface Killah. And John Lennon (I know, but it counts). Music where the holy fool runs afoul of the casual world.
... more

contact / help

Contact Will Butler

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

Will Butler recommends:

If you like Will Butler, you may also like: