Turbines (album)

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Turbines
Tunng Turbines.jpg
Studio album by
Released18 June 2013 (2013-06-18)
Genre Folktronica [1]
Length39:01
Label Full Time Hobby
Tunng chronology
...And Then We Saw Land
(2010)
Turbines
(2013)
Songs You Make At Night
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
This Is Fake DIY 7/10 [4]

Turbines is the fifth studio album from English band Tunng. It was released in June 2013 under Full Time Hobby.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Once"4:38
2."Trip Trap"3:53
3."By This"4:36
4."The Village"4:33
5."Bloodlines"4:07
6."Follow Follow"3:54
7."So Far From Here"4:53
8."Embers"3:39
9."Heavy Rock Warning"4:48

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