''Falling Awake'' is the second studio

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by Canadian indie-rock band

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, released worldwide on September 30, 2016. Like the band's debut album

Create/Destroy/Create ''Create/Destroy/Create'' is the debut studio album by Canadian indie-rock band Goodnight, Sunrise. It is a loose concept album divided into three movements which deal with the cyclical nature of people's lives. The album can be played in an in ...

, Falling Awake is a

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. It describes a journey of self-exploration that moves through songs of uncertainty, fear, and chaos, towards self-knowledge. The album release was preceded by the first single "Familiar Faces" on July 6, 2016.

Track listing

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Personnel

Source: * David Kochberg -

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of t ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

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* Vanessa Vakharia -

keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

* Paul Weaver -

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

* Pedro Salles -

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backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are use ...

* Matt Weston - mixing,

alto sax The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

on track 7 * Dean Marino - guitar engineering * Isaac Moore -

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

on track 7 * João Carvalho - mastering * Genevieve Blais - album art photography

References

{{Authority control 2016 albums Goodnight, Sunrise albums Concept albums