Half Moon Run
| Half Moon Run | |
|---|---|
15_crop.jpg) Half Moon Run in concert, Belgium | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Montreal, Canada |
| Genres | Indie rock, indie folk, indie pop |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Labels |
Indica Records (Canada), Glassnote Records (USA), Communion (UK), Indica Australia (AU and NZ) |
| Website |
www |
| Members |
Devon Portielje Dylan Phillips Conner Molander Isaac Symonds |
Half Moon Run are a Canadian indie rock band based in Montreal. The band members, who previously lived in Comox, British Columbia and in Ottawa, Ontario; are singer Devon Portielje on vocals, guitar and percussion; Conner Molander on vocals, guitar and keyboard; Dylan Phillips on vocals, drums and keyboard; and Isaac Symonds on vocals, percussions, mandolin, keyboard and guitar.
Career
2012–13: Dark Eyes
Their debut album, Dark Eyes, was released in 2012, and was co-produced with Daniel Lagacé and Nygel Asselin.[1][2] They have toured Europe and Australia.[3] Critical acclaim has included praise for their three-part harmonies.[4] They have played South by Southwest, Osheaga, Canadian Music Week and Glastonbury Festival 2013, and have opened for such artists as Of Monsters and Men, Metric, Patrick Watson,[5] City and Colour and Mumford & Sons.
In August 2013, Ubisoft launched a new Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag trailer featuring their song "Full Circle".
In July 2014, they announced that work on their second album had begun. [6]
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales threshold) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (Vl) [7] |
BEL (Wa) [8] |
FRA [9] |
NL [10] | |||
| Dark Eyes |
|
119 | 186 | 138 | 48 | |
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN Alt [12] |
BEL (Vl) [7] |
NL [10] |
UK | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | "Full Circle" | 29 | 77 | 67 | 60 | Dark Eyes | |||||||||||
| 2013 | "Call Me in the Afternoon" | 19 | 119 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | "She Wants To Know" | 22 | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||||||||
Other charted songs
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEL (Vl) [7] | |||
| 2013 | "Nerve" | 86 | Dark Eyes |
References
- ↑ http://halfmoonrun.indica.mu/en/news/half-moon-run-will-release-their-debut-album-dark-eyes/
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Half-Moon-Run-Dark-Eyes/release/3904095
- ↑ (14 June 2012). "Half Moon Run are indie's rising stars", Daily Mercury, p. 28.
- ↑ Sadleir, Rose (17 January 2013). "Trio bask in moonlight", Gold Coast Bulletin, p. 5.
- ↑ Lepage, Mark (7 December 2012). "Montreal trio Half Moon Run: Lunar rovers in the fast lane", The Gazette. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
- ↑ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/halfmoonrun?fref=ts. Retrieved 8 September 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Half Moon Run". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Half Moon Run". Belgium (Wallonia) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Half Moon Run". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Half Moon Run". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Half Moon Run – Dark Eyes". Music Canada.
- ↑ Peak positions for the Alternative Rock songs in Canada:
- For "Full Circle": Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive: Alternative Rock - May 1, 2012
- For "Call Me in the Afternoon": Canadian Active Rock & Alt Rock Chart Archive: Alternative Rock - February 12, 2013