Origin:Orphan | ||||
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Released | September 22, 2009 | |||
Genre | Indie rock | |||
Label | Arts & Crafts | |||
The Hidden Cameras chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
BBC | (very positive) [1] |
CHARTattack | [2] |
Cokemachineglow | 79% [3] |
Drowned In Sound | [4] |
Eye Weekly | [5] |
The Georgia Straight | [6] |
MusicOMH | [7] |
The Onion A.V. Club | B [8] |
Pitchfork Media | 5.2/10 [9] |
PopMatters | 8/10 [10] |
Strange Glue | [11] |
Origin:Orphan is the fifth studio album by The Hidden Cameras, released September 22, 2009. It is the band's first release on Arts & Crafts. [12]
The album's first official single is "In the NA", [13] although the song "Walk On" was previously released as a preview track on the web and the compilation album Arts & Crafts Sampler Vol. 6. [13] The music video for "In the NA" was screened at several film festivals, including the 19th Annual Inside Out Film and Video Festival, [14] the opening night of SXSW [15] and the 2008 Atlantic Film Festival. [16]
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