Migrant (album)

Migrant
Studio album by The Dear Hunter
Released	April 2, 2013
Genre	Indie rock, progressive rock, experimental rock
Length	50:23
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
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Consequence of Sound	C− [3]
PopMatters	[4]
Under The Gun Review	10/10 [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.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Casey Crescenzo

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

References

1. "Migrant by The Dear Hunter Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 6, 2020.
2. Heaney, Gregory (2 April 2013). "Migrant - The Dear Hunter". Allmusic.
3. Freed, Nick (9 April 2013). "Album Review: The Dear Hunter – Migrant". consequenceofsound.net. IndieClick Music Network. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
4. Blum, Jordan (23 April 2013). "The Dear Hunter: Migrant". www.popmatters.com. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
5. "REVIEW: The Dear Hunter- 'Migrant'". Under the Gun Review. April 2, 2013.
6. Shotwell, James (10 May 2013). "The Dear Hunter announce Migrant - release album trailer". www.underthegunreview.net Under the Gun]. SpinMedia. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2013.

External links

• The Dear Hunter Official Website