Half Moon Light

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Half Moon Light
LoneBellow HalfMoon.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 7, 2020 (2020-02-07)
Length47:45
Label Dualtone
Producer Aaron Dessner
The Lone Bellow chronology
Walk Into a Storm
(2017)
Half Moon Light
(2020)
Love Songs for Losers
(2022)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
No Ripcord4/10 [4]
Spectrum CultureStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Half Moon Light is the fourth studio album by American band The Lone Bellow. It was released on February 7, 2020 under Dualtone Records. [6]

Contents

The first single from the album, "Count on Me" was released on October 23, 2019. [7]

Critical reception

Half Moon Light was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 72, based on 6 reviews. [1]

Track listing

Half Moon Light track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Intro" 0:26
2."I Can Feel You Dancing"
  • Brian Elmquist
  • Jason Pipkin
  • Zach Williams
4:00
3."Good Times"
3:49
4."Wonder"
  • Brian Elmquist
  • Zach Williams
4:58
5."Count on Me"
2:40
6."Wash It Clean"
  • Aaron Dessner
  • Brian Elmquist
  • Zach Williams
4:09
7."Enemies"
  • Brian Elmquist
  • Zach Williams
3:33
8."Interlude" 0:39
9."Just Enough to Get By"
  • Brian Elmquist
  • Kanene Donehey Pipkin
3:05
10."Martingales"
  • Brian Elmquist
  • Jason Pipkin
  • Zach Williams
4:07
11."Illegal Immigrant"
  • Brian Elmquist
  • Bobby Hamrick
  • Kat Higgins
4:23
12."Friends"
  • Aaron Dessner
  • Brian Elmquist
  • Zach Williams
3:55
13."Dust Settles"
  • Brian Elmquist
  • Jason Pipkin
3:05
14."August"
  • Aaron Dessner
  • Brian Elmquist
3:51
15."Finale" 1:05

Charts

Chart performance for Half Moon Light
Chart (2020)Peak
position
UK Americana Albums (OCC) [8] 9
US Billboard 200 [9] 11
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [10] 4
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [11] 18
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [12] 11
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [13] 26

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