Night Wave

Night Wave is the second studio album by Los Angeles based Electrohop group Hyper Crush. The album was released on the iTunes Store on February 7, 2012.[1] The album was released on Hyper Crush's label Night Wave Records after leaving their previous label Universal Motown because they "really didn’t see eye to eye with them for a long time."[2] The album consists of 11 songs, 4 of which were previously released as singles. Save for three of the songs which were co-written and co-produced, the entire album was written and produced by Hyper Crush.

Night Wave
Studio album by
Hyper Crush
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

Promotion

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

"Fingers Up," "Flip The Switch," "Maniac," and their music videos were all released for free during their 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 months later on January 10, 2012.[8]

Track listing

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
  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.
  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.
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