Pixie Queen

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Pixie Queen
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 9, 2016
Recorded2015-2016
Genre Indie, emo
Label Memory Music
Producer Will Yip
Anthony Green chronology
Young Legs
(2013)
Pixie Queen
(2016)

Pixie Queen is the fourth studio album by Circa Survive's lead vocalist, Anthony Green. It was released on September 9, 2016. The first single, "You'll Be Fine", was released under Will Yip's label, Memory Music (an imprint of Run for Cover Records). The whole album was streamed on August 31, 2016. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."You'll Be Fine"4:38
2."I'm Not Holding You Back"3:48
3."Will It Be"2:08
4."A Reason to Stay"3:29
5."East Coast Winters"3:34
6."Dawn on the Canal"3:03
7."From What I Understand"3:15
8."Cellar"3:16
9."Better Half"3:21
10."I'm Sorry for Everything I've Ever Done"3:04
11."Pixie Queen"5:03
Total length:38:41

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [4] 171

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