The album was recorded over the course of five months in a remote New Paltz, New York barn with Kevin McMahon as the producer, except for Out of Tune, which was recorded by Jarvis Taveniere at Rear House in Brooklyn, New York.[2] The album was subsequently mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound in New York City.
The artwork for the album uses a 1966 photograph entitled "Row of New Tract Houses," which features a tract housing in Bayonne, New Jersey. The photograph is from conceptual artist Dan Graham's 1967 photographic collection Homes for America.[4]
Days received largely positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, based on 32 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[6]Pitchfork labeled it "Best New Music".
The album was recognized as #13 on The 100 Best Albums of the Decade So Far list by Pitchfork in August 2014.[17]
On their "Top 50 Albums of 2011" lists, Pitchfork placed it at number 9, Q and Uncut placed it at number 24,[18][19] and Paste placed it at number 47.[20]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Martin Courtney, except where noted
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