Night Wave
{{Short description|Album by Hyper Crush}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Night Wave
| type = Studio album
| artist = Hyper Crush
| cover = Night Wave Album Cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = February 7, 2012
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Electropop
| length = 39:08
| label = Night Wave Records
| producer =
| chronology = Hyper Crush
| prev_title = The Arcade
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = Vertigo
| next_year = 2013
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Night Wave
| type = studio
| single1 = Fingers Up
| single1date = June 8, 2011
| single2 = Flip the Switch
| single2date = July 22, 2011
| single3 = Maniac
| single3date = August 5, 2011
| single4 = Werk Me
| single4date = October 17, 2011
}}
}}
Night Wave is the second studio album by Los Angeles-based electrohop group Hyper Crush, released on the iTunes Store on February 7, 2012.{{cite web|title=Night Wave by Hyper Crush|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/night-wave/id490283251|publisher=iTunes Store|accessdate=February 4, 2012}} It was self-published by Night Wave Records after the group left its previous record label, Universal Motown, because it "really didn’t see eye to eye with them for a long time".{{cite web|author=JoeyMC|title=Hyper Crush Bring the "Night Wave" to Resolution 2012|url=http://www.dlistmagazine.com/decibel/hyper-crush-bring-the-night-wave-to-resolution-2012|publisher=DList Magazine|date=December 3, 2011|accessdate=February 4, 2012}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The album consists of eleven songs, four previously released as singles. Three were cowritten and coproduced, and eight written and produced by Hyper Crush.
Promotion
A trailer created by Cassidy Sanders for the album was released January 17, 2012 featuring "What Goes Up".{{cite web|title=The Night Wave Commercial |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAOClJs4Bsk|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=February 4, 2012}} To generate hype and boost their pre-order numbers, free physical copies of the album were sent to fans who pre-ordered the album.{{cite web|title=Night Wave preview!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoPpHnYVDcE|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=February 4, 2012}} Another promotional giveaway occurred during their official album release party, which was held at The Roxy Theatre on February 3, 2012.{{cite web|title=Night Wave CD release party at The Roxy!!!|url=http://hypercrush.com/night-wave-cd-release-party-at-the-roxy/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712023923/http://hypercrush.com/night-wave-cd-release-party-at-the-roxy/|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 July 2012|work=Hyper Crush Blog|publisher=Hyper Crush|accessdate=4 February 2012}} The CD was later available to buy on their website. They also released videos for "WTF", "Chead" and "Bad Boyz".
Singles
"Fingers Up", "Flip The Switch", "Maniac" and their music videos were all released for free during the summer-long series titled "Free Song Friday".{{cite web|title=FREE SONG FRIDAYS!!!|url=http://hypercrush.com/free-song-fridays/|work=hypercrush.com|accessdate=4 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325032024/http://hypercrush.com/free-song-fridays/|archivedate=25 March 2012}} The single for "Werk Me" was released on October 17, 2011,{{cite web|title=New song! Werk Me|url=http://hypercrush.com/new-song-werk-me/|work=hypercrush.com|accessdate=4 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103075644/http://hypercrush.com/new-song-werk-me/|archivedate=3 January 2012}} and its video premiered on the front page of Vevo on January 10, 2012.{{cite web|title=Night Wave music video Premiere on VEVO!|url=http://hypercrush.com/night-wave-music-video-premiere-on-vevo/|work=hypercrush.com|accessdate=4 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120711231431/http://hypercrush.com/night-wave-music-video-premiere-on-vevo/|archivedate=11 July 2012}}
Track listing
This is the official track list, however on the CD, "WTF" is track 7 and "What Goes Up" is track 6 despite being listed otherwise on the back cover.
{{Track listing
| total_length = 39:08
| title1 = Werk Me
| length1 = 3:50
| writer1 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya
| title2 = Chrome Pipes
| length2 = 3:05
| writer2 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya
| title3 = Bad Boyz
| length3 = 3:12
| writer3 = Oliver Goldstein, Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya
| title4 = Fingers Up
| length4 = 3:46
| writer4 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya
| title5 = Cheap Thrills
| length5 = 4:20
| writer5 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya
| title6 = WTF
| length6 = 3:19
| writer6 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya
| title7 = What Goes Up
| length7 = 3:43
| writer7 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya
| title8 = Maniac
| length8 = 3:27
| writer8 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge, Angelina Araya & John Feldman
| title9 = Chead
| length9 = 3:32
| writer9 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya
| title10 = Flip The Switch
| length10 = 3:21
| writer10 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge, Angelina Araya & Matt Shwartz
| title11 = The Foundation
| length11 = 3:33
| writer11 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya
}}