Hard Believer

Hard Believer
Studio album by Fink
Released 14 July 2014
Recorded November 2013 in Los Angeles
Genre Indie rock, folk-pop, blues
Length 55:00
Label R'COUP'D, Ninja Tune
Producer Billy Bush
Fink chronology

Fink Meets the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
(2014)		 Hard Believer
(2014)
Singles from Hard Believer
  1. "Looking Too Closely"
    Released: 8 July 2014

Hard Believer is the sixth studio album by British band Fink. It was released globally by Ninja Tune's imprint R'COUP'D on 14 July 2014.[1]

Promotion

"Looking Too Closely" was released as the lead single to promote the album on 8 July 2014.[2] An official music video for the song, directed by Joffrey Jans and Kai Kurve (Wolf&Lamm Directors Duo), was released onto YouTube on 2 July 2014.[3]

On 7 October 2014, a music video for the second single, "Shakespeare", premiered on YouTube.[4] It was directed by Oliver Murray.[5] An extended play containing remixes of the song will be released digitally on 13 October 2014.[6]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Fin Greenall, Tim Thornton and Guy Whittaker, except where noted. 

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Hard Believer"    5:26
2. "Green and the Blue"    6:06
3. "White Flag"    5:04
4. "Pilgrim"  Fink, B. Mackichan 7:03
5. "Two Days Later"    5:41
6. "Shakespeare"    6:19
7. "Truth Begins"    5:05
8. "Looking Too Closely"    5:11
9. "Too Late"    4:16
10. "Keep Falling"  Fink, Ryan Keen 4:30

Personnel

Fink
Additional musicians

Chart performance

Chart (2014) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[7] 37
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[8] 45
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 61
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[10] 8
French Albums (SNEP)[11] 72
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 25
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[13] 14
USA Heatseekers[14] 30

References

  1. ↑ "Hard Believer by Fink". iTunes. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Looking Too Closely - Single by Fink". iTunes. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Fink - Looking Too Closely (Official Music Video)". YouTube. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "The new video for 'Shakespeare': Watch on Youtube". finkworld.co.uk. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Fink - 'Shakespeare'". YouTube. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Shakespeare (Remixes) - EP by Fink". iTunes. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Fink [UK – Hard Believer"] (in German). Austriancharts.at. Hung Medien.
  8. ↑ "Fink [UK – Hard Believer"] (in Dutch). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien.
  9. ↑ "Fink [UK – Hard Believer"] (in French). Ultratop.be. Hung Medien.
  10. ↑ "Fink [UK – Hard Believer"] (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien.
  11. ↑ "Fink [UK – Hard Believer"]. Lescharts.com. Hung Medien.
  12. ↑ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
  13. ↑ "2014-07-26 Top 40 Independent Albums Archive | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  14. ↑ "USA Heatseekers Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 25 July 2014.