Falling Awake (album)

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Falling Awake
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2016 (2016-09-30)
RecordedMay–Aug 2015
Genre Rock, indie rock
Length40:47
Label Rejection Records
Producer David Kochberg
Goodnight, Sunrise chronology
Create/Destroy/Create
(2013)
Falling Awake
(2016)

Falling Awake is the second studio album by Canadian indie-rock band Goodnight, Sunrise, released worldwide on September 30, 2016. [1]

Contents

Like the band's debut album Create/Destroy/Create, Falling Awake is a concept album. It describes a journey of self-exploration that moves through songs of uncertainty, fear, and chaos, towards self-knowledge. [2] The album release was preceded by the first single "Familiar Faces" on July 6, 2016. [3]

Track listing

Source: [4]

All tracks are written by Goodnight, Sunrise

No.TitleLength
1."Familiar Faces"4:49
2."The Chase"3:22
3."Altar"3:42
4."Semantics"4:23
5."The Catch"3:27
6."All Things Past"6:00
7."Deal With It"3:45
8."You Could Have It All"6:01
9."Born To Be"4:59
Total length:40:47

Personnel

Source: [1]

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