What is "the doldrums"

n. a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific [syn: doldrums]

The Doldrums is an album by American lo-fi musician Ariel Pink, and the second in his Haunted Graffiti series. The album was originally issued in 2000 in CD-R format, copies of which were handmade by Pink himself. One such copy was passed on by Pink to the rock band Animal Collective, who found the copy on their tour van floor and, impressed by its music, later contacted Pink and offered to re-issue it on their own Paw Tracks label. The Doldrums was subsequently re-issued on October 11, 2004 by Paw Tracks as the first of a series of re-issues of Haunted Graffiti albums by the label.

Critic Simon Reynolds named the album among the best records of the decade.

The Doldrums is an EP by Australian singer- songwriter Josh Pyke. It was released in 2004 on Ivy League records, distributed by MGM distribution.