Migrant (album)

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Migrant
Deer Hunter Migrant album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 2, 2013
Genre Indie rock, progressive rock, experimental rock
Length50:23
Label Equal Vision
Producer Casey Crescenzo, Mike Watts
The Dear Hunter chronology
The Color Spectrum
(2011)
Migrant
(2013)
Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 78/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Consequence of Sound C− [3]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Under The Gun Review10/10 [5]

Migrant is the fifth studio album by The Dear Hunter. It was released on April 2, 2013, via Equal Vision Records and Cave & Canary Goods. The album was produced by Mike Watts and Casey Crescenzo, and mixed by Mike Watts. [6] It is the band's first non-concept album. In 2023, as part of the album's tenth anniversary, it was remixed and re-released as Migrant Returned.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Casey Crescenzo

No.TitleLength
1."Bring You Down"4:24
2."Whisper"3:59
3."Shame"4:04
4."An Escape"3:38
5."Shouting at the Rain"4:16
6."The Kiss of Life"4:46
7."Girl"3:04
8."Cycles"4:33
9."Sweet Naiveté"4:32
10."Let Go"3:40
11."This Vicious Place"4:40
12."Don't Look Back"4:47
iTunes bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Dig Your Own Grave"3:26
14."Old Demons"3:39
15."The Love"5:07
Migrant Reprise bonus tracks (released separately as "The Migrations Annex" EP)
No.TitleLength
13."Dig Your Own Grave"3:24
14."Middle Ground"4:12
15."Like Crazy"3:56
16."Old Demons"3:36
17."Owls"3:39
18."The Love"5:06
Migrant Returned (2023) reissue tracklist
No.TitleLength
1."An Escape"3:08
2."Girl"3:03
3."Let Go"3:38
4."The Kiss of Life"4:22
5."Sweet Naiveté"4:31
6."Whisper"3:58
7."Shame"4:01
8."This Vicious Place"4:39
9."Middle Ground"3:38
10."Bring You Down"4:02
11."Like Crazy"3:29
12."Shouting at the Rain"3:51
13."Cycles"4:32
14."Dig Your Own Grave"3:15
15."Don't Look Back"4:36
16."Owls"3:42
17."Old Demons"3:14
18."The Love"5:08
Total length:70:45

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