Hold On to Your Heart

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Hold On to Your Heart
Hold On To Your Heart.jpg
Studio album by
The Xcerts
Released19 January 2018
Recorded2017
StudioBrighton Electric, Brighton, UK
Genre Indie rock, alternative rock, power pop, glam rock, jazz rock
Length36:36
Label Raygun Music
Producer Dave Eringa, Gary Clark
The Xcerts chronology
There Is Only You
(2014)		Hold On to Your Heart
(2018)
Singles from Hold On to Your Heart
  1. "Feels Like Falling in Love"
    Released: 3 July 2017
  2. "Daydream"
    Released: 15 September 2017
  3. "Hold On to Your Heart"
    Released: 17 November 2017
  4. "Daydream"
    Released: 12 January 2018

Hold On to Your Heart is the fourth studio album by alternative rock band The Xcerts, released on 19 January 2018 through Raygun Music. The first single, "Feels Like Falling in Love", was released on 3 July 2018, and the second single, "Daydream", was released on 15 September. The album was announced on 21 September, and the third single, "Hold On to Your Heart", was released on 17 November. The fourth and final single, "Drive Me Wild", was released on 12 January 2018, and features Will Gardner of Brighton-based progressive rock band Black Peaks on saxophone. Gardner also played saxophone on the album's closing track, "Cry". The album was the band's first to reach the top 40 of the UK Albums Chart, spending one week at number 40. [1]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 70/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AC Rock Reviews10/10 [3]
All Things Loud8/10 [4]
All HeardStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
DIY Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Dork Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [7]
Genre is DeadStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [8]
God is in the TV 9/10 [9]
Invicta9.5/10 [10]
Louder Than War 7.5/10 [11]
Outline8/10 [12]
New NoiseStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [13]
Rock Sins9/10 [14]
Rock Sound 8/10 [15]
The Line of Best Fit7.5/10 [16]
The Skinny Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [17]

The album received praise from Jake Haseldine of the When the Horn Blows saying that "[Despite some odd tracks, it is] one of the strongest albums the XCERTS have released so far and being the shortest of all four, it definitely packs a punch." [18]

Chris Hilson of the Punktastic compared the new album to the style of Jimmy Eat World. [19]

Kerrang! Magazine ranked "Hold On To Your Heart" at number 12 on their top 50 best albums of 2018. [20] Rock Sound Magazine ranked it as the 24th best album of the year. [21]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Kerrang! Top 50 Albums of 2018
12
Rock Sound Top 50 Albums of 2018
24

Track listing

All music is composed by The Xcerts (except where noted)

No.TitleLength
1."The Dark" (The Xcerts, Gary Clark)3:00
2."Daydream"2:26
3."Feels Like Falling in Love"3:12
4."First Kiss Feeling"3:39
5."Crazy"3:32
6."Hold On to Your Heart"3:37
7."Drive Me Wild"3:50
8."We Are Gonna Live"3:35
9."Show Me Beautiful" (The Xcerts, Gary Clark)4:00
10."Cry"5:44
Total length:36:36
Late One Night EP
No.TitleLength
1."Daydream"2:57
2."Feels Like Falling in Love"3:50
3."Cry"5:18
4."Hold On to Your Heart"3:46
5."The Dark"2:51
Total length:18:42

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Hold On to Your Heart
Chart (2018)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [23] 40

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