Poor Moon (Hiss Golden Messenger album)

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Poor Moon
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 17, 2012 (2012-04-17)
Genre Rock
Length44:39
Label Tompkins Square
Hiss Golden Messenger chronology
Bad Debt
(2010)
Poor Moon
(2012)
Haw
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of Sound C+ [2]

Poor Moon is the third studio album by American duo Hiss Golden Messenger. It was released in April 2012 under Tompkins Square Records

Track list

No.TitleLength
1."Blue Country Mystic"4:05
2."Call Him Daylight"3:28
3."Drummer Down"2:47
4."Under All the Land"3:46
5."Westering"4:18
6."Pittsboro Farewell (Two Monarchs)"2:46
7."Super Blue (Two Days Clean)"4:31
8."Jesus Shot Me in the Head"5:05
9."O Little Light"2:59
10."A Working Man Can't Make It No Way"3:46
11."Dreamwood"3:25
12."Balthazar's Song"3:43

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References

  1. "Poor Moon Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  2. Litowitz, Drew (2012-10-18). "Album Review". consequence.net. Retrieved 2014-01-23.