Halfaxa is the second studio album by Canadian recording artist Grimes. It was released in Canada on October 5, 2010, by Arbutus Records, and re released in the United Kingdom and mainland Europe in May 2011 by Lo Recordings.
The album itself is a cathartic exploration of a space or tone that Grimes has created with influences from medieval music, dark wave, opera, witch house and whale noises. Grimes has grown from her 2010’s debut Geidi Primes with something more bass heavy, dreamy and psychedelic. The name Halfaxa is a warped, Lingua Ignota inspired version of Halifax, a city in Canada in which she would go often on vacation.
Grimes often describes this album as her “water” or ‘'medieval’‘ album in tone and feel.
In a 2020 interview for Pitchfork, she described the album as “Lo-Fi Ethereal Hardcore.”