Hour of the Dawn

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Hour of the Dawn
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 13, 2014
Genre Indie rock
Label Hardly Art
Producer Todd Wisenbaker
La Sera chronology
Sees the Light
(2012)
Hour of the Dawn
(2014)
Music for Listening to Music to
(2016)

Hour of the Dawn is the third studio album by American indie rock band La Sera.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 75/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Consequence of Sound B [3]
Exclaim! 6/10 [4]
The Line of Best Fit 7.5/10 [5]
Pitchfork Media 7.1/10 [6]
Tiny Mix Tapes Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Under the Radar Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Hour of the Dawn received positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 75/100 based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews." [1]

Track listing

  1. Losing To The Dark
  2. Summer Of Love
  3. Running Wild
  4. Fall In Place
  5. All My Love Is For You
  6. Hour Of The Dawn
  7. Kiss This Town Away
  8. Control
  9. 10 Headed Goat Wizard
  10. Storm's End

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References

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  2. AllMusic review
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