''Sway'' is the second studio album by American

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band Whirr, released on September 23, 2014 by Graveface Records. The album marked the departure of previous lead singer Alexandra Morte, as well as the first release with Devin Nunes who replaced Sergio Miranda on drums. It was produced by Jack Shirley.

Release and reception

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as a preview of the new album. At

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, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Sway received an average score of 74, based on six reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Tim Sendra of

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noted that ''Sways sound had taken a large influence from Nick Bassett's presence, "inch ngthem closer to the harder side of the

revival (right next to Bassett's other band, Nothing, in fact)". He gave the album 4 out of 5 stars and finalized his review by saying that "''Sway'' is an album that would measure up to almost any album made by the first wave of shoegazers". Punknews.org gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars; while generally praising the album, the reviewer wished that Whirr would "experiment even more and toy with new music to give a bit more insight as to where the road leads", and also noted that "some tracks are a tad too long and sometimes, it drags".

Track listing

Personnel

;Whirr *Nick Bassett –

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*Joseph Bautista –

*Devin Nunes –

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*Loren Riviera –

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*Eddie Salgado –

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;Other personnel *Trevor Deschryver –

(track 1) *Ryan McCardle – design, layout *Nickolas Schuller – design, layout * Jack Shirley – production * Will Yip – mixing

References

{{Authority control Whirr (band) albums 2014 albums Albums produced by Jack Shirley