Visiter

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{{Infobox album

| name = Visiter

| type = studio

| artist = The Dodos

| cover = Visiter.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = March 18, 2008

| recorded = 2008

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Indie|alternative|folk}}

| length = 59:00

| label = Frenchkiss

| producer = John Askew

| prev_title = Beware of the Maniacs

| prev_year = 2006

| next_title = Time To Die

| next_year = 2009

}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 83/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/the-visiter/the-dodos|title=Reviews for The Visiter by The Dodos|website=Metacritic|access-date=May 5, 2025}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1316922 |title=Visiter - The Dodos | AllMusic |first=Heather |last=Phares |work=allmusic.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2score = B+This is cerebral twisted folk that's as wistful as it is strident. [04 Apr 2008, p.63]

| rev3 = Drowned in Sound

| rev3Score = 8/10{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/13086/reviews/3092329- |title=The Dodos - Visiter / Releases / Releases // Drowned In Sound |first=Bruce |last=Porter |work=drownedinsound.com |access-date=3 January 2012 |archive-date=14 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814050020/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/13086/reviews/3092329- |url-status=dead }}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jul/18/folk2 |title=Folk CD: The Dodos, Visiter | Music | The Guardian |first=Caroline |last=Sullivan |work=The Guardian |date=18 July 2008 |publisher=GMG |location=London |issn=0261-3077 |oclc=60623878 |access-date=3 January 2012}}

| rev5 = musicOMH

| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/the-dodos-visiter |title=The Dodos - Visiter | album reviews | musicOMH |first=David |last=McGonigle |work=musicomh.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6Score = 8/10{{cite web |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080823125050/https://www.nme.com/reviews/9792 |title=NME Album Reviews - The Dodos - NME.COM |first=Rob |last=Webb |date= 11 July 2008 |work=nme.com |access-date=3 January 2012}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7Score = 8.5/10[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11268-visiter/ Pitchfork Media review]

| rev8 = Q

| rev8Score = {{rating|4|5}}The Dodos are too uptight to freak-out totally and the clash between slacker lyricism and unpredictable acoustic outbursts lends an intriguingly split personality. [July 2008, p.101]

| rev9 = Uncut

| rev9Score = {{rating|4|5}}Visiter suggesting both a rhythm-centric Shins and a more hard-bitten Feelies. [Aug 2008, p.90]

| rev10 = Under the Radar

| rev10score = 9/10A lyrical and musical knockout, spearheaded by the miraculous 'Fools,' Visiter could be one of the best albums of the year. [Spring 2008, p.82]

| noprose = yes

}}

Visiter is the second album released by The Dodos. A special edition is being put together to include a DVD of live footage from the last show of their most recent tour.

In an April 2008 interview in the L.A. Record, band member Meric Long revealed the origin of the name of Visiter. "The reason it's misspelled is because it's from a drawing this kid gave us. We played a show for a bunch of kids in South Central L.A.—Dorsey High. A friend's sister [Barbara Lempel] is a special-ed teacher there, so we went down there to her class and we played for the kids and it was super fun. Then it came to the kids asking us questions and then one of the kids came up to us and he gave us a drawing with that written on it. The drawing is the cover actually of the album, and just—I dunno we liked it. Actually we used all of the drawings that the kids made in the artwork on the album. It was definitely a fun, interesting venture for us. We'd never played for kids before—we didn't know what to expect but they were clapping and dancing."