Night Wave

Night Wave
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 7, 2012
GenreElectropop
Length39:08
LabelNight Wave Records
Hyper Crush chronology
The Arcade
(2008)
Night Wave
(2012)
Vertigo
(2013)
Singles from Night Wave
  1. "Fingers Up"
    Released: June 8, 2011
  2. "Flip the Switch"
    Released: July 22, 2011
  3. "Maniac"
    Released: August 5, 2011
  4. "Werk Me"
    Released: October 17, 2011

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

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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

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"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

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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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Werk Me"Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya3:50
2."Chrome Pipes"Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya3:05
3."Bad Boyz"Oliver Goldstein, Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya3:12
4."Fingers Up"Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya3:46
5."Cheap Thrills"Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya4:20
6."WTF"Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya3:19
7."What Goes Up"Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya3:43
8."Maniac"Steven Love, Patrick Ridge, Angelina Araya & John Feldman3:27
9."Chead"Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya3:32
10."Flip The Switch"Steven Love, Patrick Ridge, Angelina Araya & Matt Shwartz3:21
11."The Foundation"Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya3:33
Total length:39:08

References

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  1. ^ "Night Wave by Hyper Crush". iTunes Store. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  2. ^ JoeyMC (December 3, 2011). "Hyper Crush Bring the "Night Wave" to Resolution 2012". DList Magazine. Retrieved February 4, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "The Night Wave Commercial". YouTube. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  4. ^ "Night Wave preview!". YouTube. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "FREE SONG FRIDAYS!!!". hypercrush.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  7. ^ "New song! Werk Me". hypercrush.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
  8. ^ "Night Wave music video Premiere on VEVO!". hypercrush.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.