Dark Eyes (Half Moon Run album)

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Dark Eyes
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Studio album by
Released27 March 2012
RecordedAutumn 2011
Genre Indie rock, indie folk, indie pop
Length39:28 (Canadian release)
43:34 (International release)
Label Indica, Glassnote, Communion
Producer Half Moon Run, Daniel Lagacé and Nygel Asselin
Half Moon Run chronology
Dark Eyes
(2012)
Sun Leads Me On
(2015)
Singles from Dark Eyes
  1. "Full Circle"
    Released: 2012
  2. "Call Me in the Afternoon"
    Released: 2013
  3. "She Wants to Know"
    Released: 2014

Dark Eyes is the debut studio album by the Canadian indie rock band Half Moon Run, released through Indica Records in Canada on March 27, 2012. [1] Their debut single "Full Circle" reached number 29 on the Canadian rock/alternative chart in 2012. The track was also used on the 'Horizon' trailer for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag , shown during E3 2013. The album's second single "Call Me in the Afternoon" peaked at number 19 on the Canadian rock/alternative chart in 2013. In the United States, the album has sold 12,000 copies as of September 2015. [2] The band also released a song entitled 'Unofferable' on the album's international release in July 2013.

Contents

Professional ratings
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Track listing

All tracks are written by Half Moon Run, except "She Wants to Know" written with Jonathan M. Fox [7]

Original Canadian release
No.TitleLength
1."Full Circle"3:02
2."Call Me in the Afternoon"3:04
3."No More Losing the War"3:57
4."She Wants to Know"4:12
5."Need It"3:26
6."Give Up"3:51
7."Judgement"3:05
8."Drug You"3:48
9."Nerve"3:17
10."Fire Escape"2:54
11."21 Gun Salute"4:52
Total length:39:28

All tracks are written by Half Moon Run, except "She Wants to Know" written with Jonathan M. Fox and "Unofferable" written with Isaac Symonds

International release
No.TitleLength
1."Full Circle"3:02
2."Call Me in the Afternoon"3:04
3."No More Losing the War"3:57
4."She Wants to Know"4:12
5."Need It"3:26
6."Give Up"3:51
7."Judgement"3:05
8."Unofferable"4:06
9."Drug You"3:48
10."Nerve"3:17
11."Fire Escape"2:54
12."21 Gun Salute"4:52
Total length:43:34

Charts

Chart (2013)Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [8] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [9] 119
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [10] 186
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [11] 48
French Albums (SNEP) [12] 138
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [13] 12

Personnel

Half Moon Run

Additional musicians

Production

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