Drawing Down the Moon (Azure Ray album) explained

Drawing Down the Moon
Type:studio
Artist:Azure Ray
Cover:Drawing Down the Moon (Azure Ray album).jpg
Released:September 14, 2010
Recorded:2009–2010
Genre:Dream pop
Length:43:09
Label:Saddle Creek
Producer:Eric Bachmann
Prev Title:Hold on Love
Prev Year:2003
Next Title:As Above So Below
Next Year:2012

Drawing Down the Moon is an album released by the band Azure Ray. It was released September 14, 2010 on Saddle Creek Records, seven years since their previous album Hold On Love.

Background

On August 4, 2010, Stereogum announced Azure Ray had reunited and premiered the first song from Drawing Down the Moon, "Don't Leave My Mind.".[1] They later premiered the video, directed by Ryan Berg, for "Don't Leave My Mind" on September 30, 2010,[2] Pitchfork called said the new album, "sounds warmly familiar, a reminder of why we missed them in the first place."[3] BBC called it "a warming blanket of an album, here for you to wrap up in."[4] On January 25, 2011, Azure Ray released a new single from the recording sessions titled, "Silverlake", featuring Sparklehorse.

Reception

Drawing Down the Moon received mixed to positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 66/100 based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Track listing

  1. "Wake Up, Sleepyhead" - 1:44
  2. "Don't Leave My Mind" - 3:43
  3. "In the Fog" - 3:23
  4. "Larraine" - 4:28
  5. "On and On Again" - 4:22
  6. "Make Your Heart" - 3:33
  7. "Silver Sorrow" - 4:16
  8. "Signs In the Leaves" - 3:00
  9. "Love and Permanence" - 3:53
  10. "Shouldn't Have Loved" - 4:10
  11. "Dancing Ghosts" - 3:52
  12. "Walking In Circles" - 2:46

Personnel

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Azure Ray – "Don't Leave My Mind" (. 4 August 2010.
  2. Web site: Azure Ray – "Don't Leave My Mind" Video (. 30 September 2010.
  3. Web site: Azure Ray: Drawing Down the Moon. Pitchfork.
  4. Web site: BBC - Music - Review of Azure Ray - Drawing Down the Moon.