Fearful Bones

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| name = Fearful Bones

| type = studio

| artist = The Courage

| cover = TheCourage_Fearful.jpg

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| released = 11 September 2010

| recorded = 2010

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| studio =

| genre = Indie,[https://web.archive.org/web/20110725234701/http://www.digstation.com/albumdetails.aspx?albumID=ALB000056397 Fearful Bones – The Courage] country rock

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| producer = Matt Lee

| prev_title = Saints & Liars

| prev_year = 2009

| next_title = Family

| next_year = 2011

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Fearful Bones is the first album by The Courage, formerly known as Noah Gundersen & the Courage. The album was recorded in a barn in Sisters, Oregon, by Matt Lee, who mixed and produced the album, in summer 2010. It was released at the band's performance in the Crocodile Cafe in Oregon that September which started their promotional tour of the West Coast.[http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Courage/197017302382 ]{{dead link|date=January 2018 }}
- [http://www.thecourageband.com/Tour.html Tour] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903154508/http://www.thecourageband.com/Tour.html |date=3 September 2010 }}

Fearful Bones is seen{{by whom|date=January 2018}} as a turning point in the history of The Courage. Although it is the band's first album under their current name, the group has been playing as a back-up band for Noah Gundersen since 2007, who leads the group as the singer-songwriter. Gundersen dropped his name from the title after deciding to have the entire band more incorporated in the music[http://northwestbands.com/features_TheCourage.php ], The Courage], northwestbands.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714195456/http://northwestbands.com/features_TheCourage.php |date=14 July 2011 }} and to move away from more folk-oriented music, saying, "I love the sound of a band more than a solo performer. You can only have so many options as a solo performer and I’m not a big fan of loop pedals."[https://m.bendsource.com/bend/the-passionate-life-getting-philosophical-and-sun-tanned-with-noah-gundersen-and-the-courage/Content?oid=2135219 The Passionate Life: Getting philosophical (and sun tanned) with Noah Gundersen and The Courage] Since then, each member has played a more significant role in songwriting.Paige Richmond, [http://www.seattleweekly.com/2010-09-08/music/an-incomplete-history-of-how-noah-gundersen-became-the-courage/ "An Incomplete History of How Noah Gundersen Became The Courage"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100922120249/http://www.seattleweekly.com/2010-09-08/music/an-incomplete-history-of-how-noah-gundersen-became-the-courage/ |date=22 September 2010 }}, Seattle Weekly, 7 September 2010, page 1