Sun Leads Me On

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Sun Leads Me On
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 23, 2015
Studio Bathouse Recording Studio (Bath)
Genre Indie rock, Indie folk, Indie pop
Length47:50
Label Indica, Glassnote
Producer Jim Abbiss [1]
Half Moon Run chronology
Dark Eyes
(2012)
Sun Leads Me On
(2015)
A Blemish in the Great Light
(2019)
Singles from Sun Leads Me On
  1. "Trust"
    Released: August 7, 2015
  2. "Turn Your Love"
    Released: September 11, 2015

Sun Leads Me On is the second studio album by Canadian indie rock band Half Moon Run. It was released through Indica Records in Canada on October 23, 2015, and through Glassnote/Universal [2] in the rest of the world. The lead single, "Trust", was released on August 7, 2015.

Contents

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 74/100
Review scores
SourceRating
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Exclaim! 7/10 [3]

Track listing

Original Canadian release
No.TitleLength
1."Warmest Regards"3:15
2."I Can't Figure Out What's Going On"3:15
3."Consider Yourself"3:53
4."Hands in the Garden"3:52
5."Turn Your Love"4:02
6."Narrow Margins"4:11
7."Sun Leads Me On"4:06
8."It Works Itself Out"4:07
9."Everybody Wants"5:01
10."Throes"0:54
11."Devil May Care"2:22
12."The Debt"4:01
13."Trust"4:51

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [4] 39
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [5] 152
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [6] 81
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [7] 4
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [8] 49
French Albums (SNEP) [9] 110
UK Albums (OCC) [10] 46
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [11] 16
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [12] 9

Personnel

Half Moon Run

Additional musicians

Production

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