Darkness at Noon (A Hawk and a Hacksaw album)

Darkness at Noon
Studio album by A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Released	April 5, 2005
Genre	Pop rock
Label	The Leaf Label
A Hawk and a Hacksaw chronology
A Hawk and a Hacksaw (2002) Darkness at Noon (2005) The Way the Wind Blows (2006)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	73/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Pitchfork Media	(7.3/10)[3]

Darkness at Noon is the second studio album by A Hawk and a Hacksaw, released in 2005 on The Leaf Label.

Track listing

All tracks by Jeremy Barnes

1. "Laughter in the Dark" – 7:55
2. "The Moon Under Water" – 3:59
3. "The Water Under the Moon" – 3:52
4. "A Black and White Rainbow" – 4:49
5. "For Slavoj" – 4:58
6. "Europa" – 3:50
7. "Pastelka On the Train" – 3:13
8. "Goodbye Great Britain" – 1:34
9. "Our Lady of the Vlatva" – 1:36
10. "Wicky Pocky" – 5:08
11. "Portland Town" – 5:16

Personnel

• Jeremy Barnes – Percussion, Accordion, Jew's-Harp, Organ (Hammond), Vocals, Piano (Grand), Cumbus, Piano (Upright)
• Dan Clucas – Trumpet, Cornet
• Joseph Garcia – Oud
• Kristin Kelly – Vocals
• Heather Trost – Violin, Vocals

Trivia

• The album's title, Darkness at Noon, is a reference to the Arthur Koestler novel of the same name.
• The first track, "Laughter in the Dark", is a reference to the Vladimir Nabokov novel of the same name.

References

1. "Album Review". Metacritic. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
2. Darkness at Noon at AllMusic
3. Murphy, Matthew (April 26, 2005). "Pitchfork Media review". Retrieved May 26, 2012.