Veckatimest (/vɛkəˈtɪmɪst/) is the third studio album by the American rock band Grizzly Bear, released on May 26, 2009, by Warp Records.

Produced by bassist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Taylor, the album entered the US Billboard 200 at #8, selling 33,000 copies in its first week of release.

[9][10] Regarding the writing process, Ed Droste states: We knew it had to be done differently because Yellow House came from pre-existing songs that either Daniel Rossen or I had written, as well as a couple that we wrote together.

And we were pleasantly surprised when everyone presented their ideas much earlier on in the stages of development, which allowed for a lot of other people in the band to get involved in the songs.

[14] The band performed the track "Two Weeks" Live in the UK on Later... with Jools Holland on 5 May 2009[15] A deluxe edition of the album was released on November 2, 2009, in Europe.

Regarding this, Ed Droste states: We knew it was gonna leak and we were prepared for that, but really, the biggest bummer for us was that we spent a lot of time and put a lot of effort into making sure that it's a really rich recording — recording it to tape and doing all these nice sonic details — and then it leaked and I remember listening to it and it sounded like an underwater YouTube stream or something.

I think people find their own way of showing support, whether it be through an album sale or coming to a concert or even just telling some friends about it.

Although unclarified, it is most likely that the other artwork for the singles and bonus disc was taken from the same abstract series that spawned the Veckatimest piece as they all have a similar nature.

[20] The album is generally viewed by critics as a large step forward for Grizzly Bear in regards to partial genre-blending, musical complexity and experimentation.

[36] Many of the album's tracks appear in actor Philip Seymour Hoffman's directorial debut, Jack Goes Boating (2010), acting as the film's primary score.

[38] All tracks are written by Ed Droste, Daniel Rossen, Chris Taylor and Christopher BearThe following people contributed to Veckatimest:[39]