Night Wave
| Night Wave | ||||
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| Released | February 7, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Electropop | |||
| Length | 39:08 | |||
| Label | Night Wave Records | |||
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| Singles from Night Wave | ||||
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Night Wave is the second studio album by Los Angeles-based electrohop group Hyper Crush, released on the iTunes Store on February 7, 2012.[1] 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".[2] 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[edit]
A trailer created by Cassidy Sanders for the album was released January 17, 2012 featuring "What Goes Up".[3] To generate hype and boost their pre-order numbers, free physical copies of the album were sent to fans who pre-ordered the album.[4] Another promotional giveaway occurred during their official album release party, which was held at The Roxy Theatre on February 3, 2012.[5] The CD was later available to buy on their website. They also released videos for "WTF", "Chead" and "Bad Boyz".
Singles[edit]
"Fingers Up", "Flip The Switch", "Maniac" and their music videos were all released for free during the summer-long series titled "Free Song Friday".[6] The single for "Werk Me" was released on October 17, 2011,[7] and its video premiered on the front page of Vevo on January 10, 2012.[8]
Track listing[edit]
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.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Werk Me" | Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya | 3:50 |
| 2. | "Chrome Pipes" | Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya | 3:05 |
| 3. | "Bad Boyz" | Oliver Goldstein, Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya | 3:12 |
| 4. | "Fingers Up" | Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya | 3:46 |
| 5. | "Cheap Thrills" | Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya | 4:20 |
| 6. | "WTF" | Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya | 3:19 |
| 7. | "What Goes Up" | Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya | 3:43 |
| 8. | "Maniac" | Steven Love, Patrick Ridge, Angelina Araya & John Feldman | 3:27 |
| 9. | "Chead" | Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya | 3:32 |
| 10. | "Flip The Switch" | Steven Love, Patrick Ridge, Angelina Araya & Matt Shwartz | 3:21 |
| 11. | "The Foundation" | Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya | 3:33 |
| Total length: | 39:08 | ||
References[edit]
- ^ "Night Wave by Hyper Crush". iTunes Store. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
- ^ JoeyMC (December 3, 2011). "Hyper Crush Bring the "Night Wave" to Resolution 2012". DList Magazine. Retrieved February 4, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The Night Wave Commercial". YouTube. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
- ^ "Night Wave preview!". YouTube. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
- ^ "Night Wave CD release party at The Roxy!!!". Hyper Crush Blog. Hyper Crush. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ "FREE SONG FRIDAYS!!!". hypercrush.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ "New song! Werk Me". hypercrush.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ "Night Wave music video Premiere on VEVO!". hypercrush.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
