Nothing Ever Happened

"Nothing Ever Happened"
Single by Deerhunter
from the album Microcastle
A-side	"Nothing Ever Happened"
B-side	"Little Kids" (Demo)
Released	October 14, 2008
Format	7"
Recorded	April 2008 at Rare Book Room Studios in Brooklyn, NY[1]
Genre	Shoegazing, indie rock, noise rock
Length	10:01
Label	Kranky Records
Writer(s)	Bradford Cox, Moses Archuleta and Josh Fauver
Producer(s)	Nicholas Vernhes
Deerhunter singles chronology
"Nothing Ever Happened" (2008) "Vox Celeste 5" (2009)

"Nothing Ever Happened" is a song by Atlanta-based indie rock band Deerhunter. It is the first and only single released from Microcastle. The single was released on October 14, 2008. It came backed with a demo of another Microcastle track, "Little Kids" recorded during summer 2007.^[1] When playing the track live the band will usually improvise the last section for an extended time, with the song length exceeding anywhere from eight to twenty minutes, as heard when the group played a free show at Pier 54.^[2]

Popular online music critique website Pitchfork Media named the song the 6th best song of 2008 and 81st best song of the decade.^[3][4] On the track they commented: "[Bradford] Cox's terrors are buried deep inside, and to the degree he's able to access them, they're released with hushed, uncomplicated passion that finds the perfect fit between Poe, post-punk, and pot."

Track listing

1. "Nothing Ever Happened" - 5:51
2. "Little Kids" (Demo) - 4:10

References

1. "Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened (Vinyl)". Discdogs. Archived from the original on July 27, 2009. Retrieved 2010-08-21.
2. "Deerhunter: August 12, 2010 Pier 54 - Flac and MP3 Downloads + Streaming Sample". NYC Taper. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
3. http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7572-the-100-best-tracks-of-2008/10/
4. http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7691-the-top-500-tracks-of-the-2000s-100-51/2/