Dark Eyes (Half Moon Run album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Dark Eyes
| type = studio
| artist = Half Moon Run
| cover = Dark Eyes (2012 album).jpg
| alt =
| released = 27 March 2012
| recorded = Autumn 2011
| studio =
| genre = Indie rock, indie folk, indie pop
| length = {{Duration|m=39|s=28}} (Canadian release)
{{Duration|m=43|s=34}} (International release)
| label = Indica, Glassnote, Communion
| producer = Half Moon Run, Daniel Lagacé and Nygel Asselin
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Sun Leads Me On
| next_year = 2015
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Dark Eyes
| type = Studio
| single1 = Full Circle
| single1date = 2012
| single2 = Call Me in the Afternoon
| single2date = 2013
| single3 = She Wants to Know
| single3date = 2014
}}
}}
Dark Eyes is the debut studio album by the Canadian indie rock band Half Moon Run, released through Indica Records in Canada on March 27, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://halfmoonrun.indica.mu/en/news |title=Half Moon Run Will Release Their Debut Album 'Dark Eyes' |accessdate=2013-06-18 |publisher=Indica Records|date= 28 February 2012}} Their debut single "Full Circle" reached number 29 on the Canadian rock/alternative chart in 2012. The track was also used on the 'Horizon' trailer for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, shown during E3 2013. The album's second single "Call Me in the Afternoon" peaked at number 19 on the Canadian rock/alternative chart in 2013. In the United States, the album has sold 12,000 copies as of September 2015.{{cite web|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150917090733/http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |archivedate= September 17, 2015 |url=http://hitsdailydouble.com/new_album_releases |title=Upcoming Releases |website=Hits Daily Double}} The band also released a song entitled 'Unofferable' on the album's international release in July 2013.
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = 13Strings
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite news|url=http://13notes.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/album-review-half-moon-run-dark-eyes/ |title=Half Moon Run Dark Eyes |website=13Strings |accessdate=7 June 2013}}
| rev2 = AllMusic
| rev2score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Monger |first=James |title=Half Moon Run Dark Eyes |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/dark-eyes-mw0002392371 |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=17 August 2014}}
| rev3 = Buzz Magazine
| rev4 = Sputnikmusic
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news|last=Aziz|title=Half Moon Run Dark Eyes|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/54891/Half-Moon-Run-Dark-Eyes/ |website=Sputnikmusic |date=6 February 2013 |accessdate=30 May 2013}}
}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Original Canadian release
| total_length = 39:28
| all_writing = Half Moon Run, except "She Wants to Know" written with Jonathan M. Fox{{cite web|title=Half Moon Run - Dark Eyes|url=http://www.discogs.com/Half-Moon-Run-Dark-Eyes/release/3904095|accessdate=2013-06-05|work=Discogs.com}}
| title1 = Full Circle
| length1 = 3:02
| title2 = Call Me in the Afternoon
| length2 = 3:04
| title3 = No More Losing the War
| length3 = 3:57
| title4 = She Wants to Know
| length4 = 4:12
| title5 = Need It
| length5 = 3:26
| title6 = Give Up
| length6 = 3:51
| title7 = Judgement
| length7 = 3:05
| title8 = Drug You
| length8 = 3:48
| title9 = Nerve
| length9 = 3:17
| title10 = Fire Escape
| length10 = 2:54
| title11 = 21 Gun Salute
| length11 = 4:52
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = International release
| total_length = 43:34
| all_writing = Half Moon Run, except "She Wants to Know" written with Jonathan M. Fox and "Unofferable" written with Isaac Symonds
| title1 = Full Circle
| length1 = 3:02
| title2 = Call Me in the Afternoon
| length2 = 3:04
| title3 = No More Losing the War
| length3 = 3:57
| title4 = She Wants to Know
| length4 = 4:12
| title5 = Need It
| length5 = 3:26
| title6 = Give Up
| length6 = 3:51
| title7 = Judgement
| length7 = 3:05
| title8 = Unofferable
| length8 = 4:06
| title9 = Drug You
| length9 = 3:48
| title10 = Nerve
| length10 = 3:17
| title11 = Fire Escape
| length11 = 2:54
| title12 = 21 Gun Salute
| length12 = 4:52
}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| Chart (2013)
! Peak |
|---|
| scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardCanada|8|artist=Half Moon Run}} |
| scope="row" {{album chart|Flanders|119|artist=Half Moon Run|album=Dark Eyes}} |
| scope="row" {{album chart|Wallonia|186|artist=Half Moon Run|album=Dark Eyes}} |
| scope="row" {{album chart|Netherlands|48|artist=Half Moon Run|album=Dark Eyes}} |
| scope="row" {{album chart|France|138|artist=Half Moon Run|album=Dark Eyes}} |
| scope="row" {{album chart|BillboardHeatseekers|12|artist=Half Moon Run}} |
Personnel
=Half Moon Run=
- Devon Portielje
- Conner Molander
- Dylan Phillips
=Additional musicians=
- Thomas Chartré – cello on "Need It", "Give Up", and "21 Gun Salute"
- Brigitte Dajczer – violin on "Give Up"
- Tosca String Quartet – strings on "Unofferable"
- Babette Hayward – background vocals on "21 Gun Salute"
=Production=
- Daniel Lagacé – producer, engineer
- Nygel Asselin — engineer, producer
- Shawn Cole — engineer on "She Wants to Know"
- Jim Eno — producer and engineer on "Unofferable"
- Devon Portielje — engineer on "21 Gun Salute"
- Sean McLean Carrie — assistant engineer
- Scott Ord — assistant engineer
- Layne Frank — assistant engineer
- James Peter Watkins — assistant engineer
- Chris Russell — assistant engineer
- Chris Shaw — mixing
- Ruadhri Cushnan — mixing on "Full Circle" and "Unofferable"
- Ryan Morey — mastering
- Matthew Joycey — photography, concept, and art direction
- Yannick Turenne — props
- Peter Edwards — layout
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