Conversations (Woman's Hour album)

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Conversations
Conversations cover 2014.jpg
Studio album by
Woman's Hour
Released15 July 2014
Genre Indie pop, alternative
Length41:59
Label Secretly Canadian
Woman's Hour chronology
Conversations
(2014)
Ephyra
(2019)

Conversations is the debut album by London-based group Woman's Hour. This album is mixture of indie pop, alternative and electronic pop. Adding swooning synths, clipped rhythms, and muted guitars, "Conversations" is new wave with a twist of some nocturnal R&B and soft disco. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Track listing

  1. "Unbroken Sequence" (3:33)
  2. "Conversations" (3:20)
  3. "To the End" (4:27)
  4. "Darkest Place" (4:06)
  5. "In Stillness We Remain" (3:38)
  6. "Our Love Has No Rhythm" (4:27)
  7. "Her Ghost" (3:13)
  8. "Two Sides of You" (3:34)
  9. "Devotion" (4:23)
  10. "Reflections" (3:46)
  11. "The Day That Needs Defending" (3:32)

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