''Drawing Down the Moon'' is an album released by the band

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. It was released September 14, 2010 on

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, seven years since their previous album '' Hold On Love''.

Background

On August 4, 2010,

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announced Azure Ray had reunited and premiered the first song from Drawing Down the Moon, "Don't Leave My Mind.". They later premiered the video, directed by Ryan Berg, for "Don't Leave My Mind" on September 30, 2010,

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called said the new album, "sounds warmly familiar, a reminder of why we missed them in the first place."

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called it "a warming blanket of an album, here for you to wrap up in." On January 25, 2011, Azure Ray released a new single from the recording sessions titled, "Silverlake", featuring

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Reception

''Drawing Down the Moon'' received mixed to positive reviews from critics. On

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, the album holds a score of 66/100 based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Track listing

# "Wake Up, Sleepyhead" - 1:44 # "Don't Leave My Mind" - 3:43 # "In the Fog" - 3:23 # "Larraine" - 4:28 # "On and On Again" - 4:22 # "Make Your Heart" - 3:33 # "Silver Sorrow" - 4:16 # "Signs In the Leaves" - 3:00 # "Love and Permanence" - 3:53 # "Shouldn't Have Loved" - 4:10 # "Dancing Ghosts" - 3:52 # "Walking In Circles" - 2:46

Personnel

* Orenda Fink * Maria Taylor

References

External links

Saddle Creek Records
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