Hey Dawn

''Hey Dawn'' is the fourth studio album by Australian country music singer, Fanny Lumsden. The album was announced in April 2023 and released on 4 August 2023. In a statement upon announcement, Lumsden said, "I was a bit stuck after ''Fallow'' and didn't know where to go, and that unlocked it: 'Oh, you just need to wake up, it's a new day, it's a new moment, every day is a new moment, and you just need to be where you are right now. Forget about ''Fallow'', forget about all the other things, just be now.'" Lumsden added, "I wanted it to feel good, I wanted to have fun, I didn't want to think too hard about it – I just wanted to feel."

At the 2023 ARIA Music Awards, the album won Best Country Album.

At the 2024 Country Music Awards of Australia, the album won Alt-Country Album of the Year.

At the AIR Awards of 2024, the album was nominated for Best Independent Country Album or EP.

Critical reception

Zanda Wilson from '' Rolling Stone Australia'' said "It's immediately obvious that ''Hey Dawn'' has its own unique, different personality. Songs like 'You'll Be Fine' demonstrate this exciting new trajectory, clearly crossing into pop-country territory, with melodic and rhythmic tropes that could easily see the track transition to more mainstream pop playlists. €¦'Millionaire' then goes and treads more of a country-rock path, with heavier instrumentation including distorted guitar in parts. 'Great Divide' and 'When I Die' are classic upbeat-country affairs; twangy timbre, countermelodies, and call-and-response vocals. And then there are the ballads that Lumsden is so well known for."

Brydget Chrisfield from '' Beat Magazine'' called the album an "absolute swoon-fest".

Track listing

All songs written by Edwina Lumsden, except where noted.
# "Hey Dawn" – 2:08
# "Great Divide" – 4:25
# "You'll Be Fine" – 2:39
# "Ugly Flowers" – 4:58
# "When I Die" (Lumsden, Benjamin Corbett) – 4:17
# "Lucky" (Lumsden, Matthew Fell) – 3:15
# "Soar" (Lumsden, Corbett, Fell) – 4:43
# "Millionaire" (Lumsden, Corbett, Fell, Dan Freeman) – 3:49
# "Enjoy the Ride" – 3:56
# "Stories" – 3:09

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end chart

References

{{Authority control

2023 albums
ARIA Award winners
Cooking Vinyl albums
Fanny Lumsden albums