Dark Eyes (Half Moon Run album)

Dark Eyes
Studio album by Half Moon Run
Released	27 March 2012
Recorded	Autumn 2011
Genre	Indie rock, Indie folk, Indie pop
Length	39:28 (Canadian release) 43:34 (International release)
Label	Indica Records
Producer	Nygel Asselin and Daniel Lagacé
Half Moon Run chronology
Dark Eyes 2012 Sun Leads Me On 2015
Singles from Dark Eyes
"Full Circle" Released: 2012 "Call Me in the Afternoon" Released: 2013 "She Wants to Know" Released: 2014

Dark Eyes is the debut studio album by the Canadian indie rock band Half Moon Run, released through Indica Records in Canada on March 27, 2012.^[1] Their debut single "Full Circle" reached number 29 on the Canadian rock/alternative chart in 2012. The track was also used on the 'Horizon' trailer for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, shown during E3 2013. The album's second single "Call Me in the Afternoon" peaked at number 19 on the Canadian rock/alternative chart in 2013. In the United States, the album has sold 12,000 copies as of September 2015.^[2] The band also released a song entitled 'Unofferable' on the album's international release in July 2013.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
13Strings	[3]
AllMusic	[4]
Buzz Magazine	[5]
Sputnik Music	[6]

Track listing

All tracks written by Half Moon Run^[7]. 

Original Canadian release
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Full Circle"	3:02
2.	"Call Me in the Afternoon"	3:04
3.	"No More Losing the War"	3:57
4.	"She Wants to Know"	4:12
5.	"Need It"	3:26
6.	"Give Up"	3:51
7.	"Judgement"	3:05
8.	"Drug You"	3:48
9.	"Nerve"	3:17
10.	"Fire Escape"	2:54
11.	"21 Gun Salute"	4:52
Total length:		39:28

All tracks written by Half Moon Run, except "Unofferable" written with Isaac Symonds. 

International release
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Full Circle"	3:02
2.	"Call Me in the Afternoon"	3:04
3.	"No More Losing the War"	3:57
4.	"She Wants to Know"	4:12
5.	"Need It"	3:26
6.	"Give Up"	3:51
7.	"Judgement"	3:05
8.	"Unofferable"	4:06
9.	"Drug You"	3:48
10.	"Nerve"	3:17
11.	"Fire Escape"	2:54
12.	"21 Gun Salute"	4:52
Total length:		43:34

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
scope="row"	Canadian Albums (Billboard)[8]	8
scope="row"	Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[9]	119
scope="row"	Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[10]	186
scope="row"	Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[11]	48
scope="row"	French Albums (SNEP)[12]	138
scope="row"	US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[13]	12

Personnel

• Half Moon Run - primary artist
• Thomas Chartré - cello on "Give Up"
• Brigitte Dajczer - violin on "Give Up"

References

1. "HALF MOON RUN WILL RELEASE THEIR DEBUT ALBUM 'DARK EYES'". Indica Records. 28 February 2012. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
2. "Upcoming Releases". Hits Daily Double. HITS Digital Ventures. Archived from the original on September 17, 2015.
3. "Half Moon Run Dark Eyes". 13Strings. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
4. Monger, James. "Half Moon Run Dark Eyes". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
5. Griffiths, Dave. "Half Moon Run - Dark Eyes". BuzzMagazine. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
6. Aziz (6 February 2013). "Half Moon Run Dark Eyes". Sputnik Music. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
7. "Half Moon Run - Dark Eyes". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2013-06-05.
8. "Half Moon Run – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Half Moon Run.
9. "Ultratop.be – Half Moon Run – Dark Eyes" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
10. "Ultratop.be – Half Moon Run – Dark Eyes" (in French). Hung Medien.
11. "Dutchcharts.nl – Half Moon Run – Dark Eyes" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
12. "Lescharts.com – Half Moon Run – Dark Eyes". Hung Medien.
13. "Half Moon Run – Chart history" Billboard Top Heatseekers Albums for Half Moon Run.