Haiku from Zero

Cut Copy worked on the album between 2014 and 2016, mostly remotely, using online file sharing to exchange ideas,{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KdR1gP4IHY |title=Cut Copy Interview at SITG17 |publisher=YouTube |date=29 August 2017 |accessdate=19 December 2017}}{{cite web |last=Oakes |first=Stuart |url=http://ontheaside.com/music/cut-copy-still-believe-in-the-power-of-the-dancefloor/ |title=Cut Copy still believe in the power of the dancefloor |website=ontheaside.com |date=13 November 2017 |accessdate=19 December 2017}} due to the band members' dispersion to distant locations (Dan in Europe, Tim and Ben in the United States, and Mitchell in Australia).{{cite web |last=Baker |first=Julien |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/interviews/cut_copy_on_haiku_from_zero/ |title=Cut Copy on "Haiku From Zero" |website=Under the Radar |date=4 December 2017 |accessdate=19 December 2017}} They would eventually get together in 2015 to record the new material in a studio in Atlanta, Georgia. The band was joined by Ben H. Allen with whom they had already worked on Zonoscope and who would end up as the producer of the album this time around.{{cite web |url=https://sidewalkhustle.com/15-minutes-with-cut-copy/ |title=15 Minutes with Cut Copy |website=sidewalkhustle.com |date=1 December 2017 |accessdate=19 December 2017}} Dan Whitford said: "This is the first time we've gone into a recording studio and followed a traditional recording process in making an album".

In January 2016, the band took a break from working on the album, and instead recorded an instrumental ambient material in about 10 days. It was released as January Tape in September 2016 as a limited cassette run of 400 copies.{{cite web|website=Pitchfork|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/68676-cut-copy-release-44-minute-ambient-instrumental-january-tape/|title=Cut Copy Release 44-Minute Ambient Instrumental January Tape|date=30 September 2016|author=Kevin Lozano|accessdate=30 December 2016}} In October, Dan Whitford revealed that the new album was about three quarters complete.{{cite web|work=Fact|url=http://www.factmag.com/2016/10/30/cut-copy-interview-the-january-tape/|title=Cut Copy's Dan Whitford on the new age influence behind January Tape and what to expect from their next album|date=30 October 2016|author=Claire Lobenfeld|accessdate=30 December 2016}}

As opposed to every previous Cut Copy album, interludes between songs are absent on Haiku from Zero.

"Airborne" was released as the lead single from the album on 6 July 2017, followed by its music video on 20 July. The album's title and release date was announced on 10 August 2017, alongside the release of the next single "Standing in the Middle of the Field".{{cite web|website=Pitchfork|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/cut-copy-announce-new-album-haiku-from-zero-share-new-song-listen/|title=Cut Copy Announce New Album Haiku From Zero, Share New Song: Listen|date=10 August 2017|author=Braudie Blais-Billie|accessdate=10 August 2017}}

On 14 September, the album was made available for streaming on NPR's website, before being officially released worldwide on 22 September.{{cite web |last=Buerger |first=Megan |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/09/14/550445276/first-listen-cut-copy-haiku-from-zero |title=Stream Cut Copy's New Album, 'Haiku From Zero' |website=npr.org |publisher=NPR |date=14 September 2017 |accessdate=19 December 2017}} "Black Rainbows" subsequently served as the third single from the album.{{cite web |url=http://www.astralwerks.com/news/cut-copy-unveils-black-rainbows-track-new-album-haiku-zero/ |title=Cut Copy Unveils "Black Rainbows," A Track From New Album, Haiku from Zero |website=astralwerks.com |date=15 September 2017 |accessdate=19 December 2017}} Music video for "Standing in the Middle of the Field" premiered in October.

The band embarked on a tour across North America and Australia to support the album.

{{Album ratings

| ADM = 6.7/10{{cite web |url=http://www.anydecentmusic.com/review/8938/Cut-Copy-Haiku-From-Zero.aspx |title=Haiku From Zero by Cut Copy reviews |website=AnyDecentMusic? |accessdate=17 December 2017}}

| MC = 62/100{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/haiku-from-zero/cut-copy |title=Haiku from Zero by Cut Copy Reviews and Tracks |work=Metacritic |accessdate=16 December 2017}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Sendra |first=Tim |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/haiku-from-zero-mw0003093294 |title=Haiku from Zero - Cut Copy | Songs, Reviews, Credits |work=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |accessdate=16 December 2017}}

| rev2 = Exclaim!

| rev2score = 8/10{{cite web |last=Lindsay |first=Cam |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/cut_copy-haiku_from_zero |title=Cut Copy Haiku From Zero |work=Exclaim! |date=20 September 2017 |accessdate=17 December 2017}}

| rev3 = Pitchfork

| rev3score = 6.3/10{{cite web |last=Ravens |first=Chal |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/cut-copy-haiku-from-zero/ |title=Cut Copy: Haiku From Zero Album Review |website=Pitchfork |date=20 September 2017 |accessdate=17 December 2017}}

| rev4 = PopMatters

| rev4score = {{Rating|6|10}}{{cite web |last=Schiller |first=Mike |url=https://www.popmatters.com/cut-copy-haiku-from-zero-2503795122.html |title=Cut Copy: Haiku from Zero (review) |website=PopMatters |date=26 October 2017 |accessdate=17 December 2017}}

| rev5 = Record Collector

| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Jake |url=http://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/haiku-zero |title=Haiku From Zero - Record Collector Magazine |work=Record Collector |publisher=Metropolis International |date=2017 |accessdate=17 December 2017}}

| rev6 = Rolling Stone Australia

| rev6score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Ross |first=Annabel |url=https://rollingstoneaus.com/reviews/post/cut-copy-haiku-from-zero/7122 |title=Rolling Stone Australia - Cut Copy, 'Haiku From Zero' |work=Rolling Stone Australia |date=22 September 2017 |accessdate=17 December 2017}}

| rev7 = Slant Magazine

| rev7score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Goller |first=Josh |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/cut-copy-haiku-from-zero |title=Cut Copy: Haiku from Zero | Album Review |work=Slant Magazine |date=30 August 2017 |accessdate=17 December 2017}}

| rev8 = Sputnikmusic

| rev8score = 3.3/5{{cite web |author=Rudy K. |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/74976/Cut-Copy-Haiku-From-Zero/ |title=Review: Cut Copy - Haiku From Zero |website=Sputnikmusic |date=29 September 2017 |accessdate=17 December 2017}}

| rev9 = Under the Radar

| rev9score = {{Rating|5|10}}{{cite web |last=Trunick |first=Austin |url=http://www.undertheradarmag.com/reviews/cut_copy_haiku_from_zero/ |title=Cut Copy: Haiku From Zero (Astralwerks) Review | Under the Radar - Music Magazine |work=Under the Radar |date=21 September 2017 |accessdate=17 December 2017}}

}}

Haiku from Zero received mixed to favourable reviews from professional music critics upon its initial release. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 62, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally positive reviews". At AnyDecentMusic?, it scored 6.7 out of 10 points, based on 12 reviews.

In his review for AllMusic, Tim Sendra described Haiku from Zero as the band's "most straightforward, easy-to-swallow album yet", but also reflected that it is missing "inspiration or invention, which also means it is their least successful record yet as well."

Reviewer Rudy K. of Sputnikmusic described the album's energy as "impressive; the craft, even more so", but complained that it does not have "any sense of vision", summing it up as "a bunch of great songs and little else".

In a review for Exclaim!, Cam Lindsay praised the album as "another strong effort by a band that continue to celebrate the power of dance music".

{{Track listing

| headline = Haiku from Zero track listing

| total_length = 42:08

| title1 = Standing in the Middle of the Field

| writer1 = {{flatlist|

• Dan Whitford
• Tim Hoey

}}

| length1 = 5:30

| title2 = Counting Down

| writer2 = {{flatlist|

• Whitford
• Hoey
• Mitchell Scott
• Ben Browning

}}

| length2 = 3:50

| title3 = Black Rainbows

| writer3 = {{flatlist|

• Whitford
• Hoey

}}

| length3 = 4:08

| title4 = Stars Last Me a Lifetime

| writer4 = {{flatlist|

• Whitford
• Hoey

}}

| length4 = 3:45

| title5 = Airborne

| writer5 = {{flatlist|

• Whitford
• Hoey
• Browning

}}

| length5 = 5:18

| title6 = No Fixed Destination

| writer6 = Whitford

| length6 = 4:13

| title7 = Memories We Share

| writer7 = {{flatlist|

• Whitford
• Hoey

}}

| length7 = 5:02

| title8 = Living Upside Down

| writer8 = {{flatlist|

• Whitford
• Hoey

}}

| length8 = 5:48

| title9 = Tied to the Weather

| writer9 = {{flatlist|

• Whitford
• Hoey

}}

| length9 = 4:32

}}

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Haiku from Zero.{{cite AV media notes |title=Haiku from Zero |type=liner notes |others=Cut Copy |publisher=Cutters Records |year=2017 |id=5786401}}

• Will Alexander – studio assistance
• Ben H. Allen – mixing, production
• Andrew Belanger – studio assistance
• Jordan Bridges – studio assistance
• Ben Etter – engineering, mixing assistance
• Jason Kingsland – engineering, vocal production
• Kegan Krogh – studio assistance
• Joe LaPorta – mastering
• Anthony Prince – studio assistance
• Dennis Schröder – studio assistance
• Tom Teters – photography
• Tommy Urbie – studio assistance
• Dan Whitford – artwork, production, vocals

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