Charmer (Tigers Jaw album)

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Charmer
Tigers Jaw "Charmer" Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 3, 2014
Genre Indie rock [1]
Length38:52
Label Run for Cover
Producer Will Yip
Tigers Jaw chronology
Two Worlds
(2010)
Charmer
(2014)
Studio 4 Acoustic Session
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk 85% [3]
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Exclaim! 7/10 [5]
Pitchfork 7.1/10 [1]
PopMatters 8/10 [6]

Charmer is the fourth full-length by American indie rock band Tigers Jaw. It was released on June 3, 2014, on Run For Cover Records. Former members Adam McIlwee, Dennis Mishko and Pat Brier were included in the recording of the album despite no longer being a part of the band. [1] In October and November 2015, the group supported New Found Glory and Yellowcard on their co-headlining US tour. [7]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Tigers Jaw.

No.TitleLength
1."Cool"2:35
2."Frame You"2:11
3."Hum"3:27
4."Charmer"3:25
5."Nervous Kids"2:55
6."I Envy Your Apathy"3:26
7."Divide"3:17
8."Slow Come On"3:15
9."Teen Rocket"2:51
10."Softspoken"2:43
11."Distress Signal"2:41
12."What Would You Do"5:50
Total length:38:52

Personnel

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