''Mystic Truth'' is the third studio album by
indie rock
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band
Bad Suns
Bad Suns is an American rock band from Woodland Hills, California, formed in 2012. The band currently consists of Christo Bowman, Gavin Bennett, and Miles Morris. All of the band members are from Los Angeles, California. The group has been signed ...
, released on
Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records is an American independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, most acts signed to the label were punk and pop punk acts, while there are many post-hardcore and emo bands ...
on March 22, 2019.
It was supported with two singles: "Away We Go" and "Hold Your Fire". To promote the album, the band performed throughout the United States in the Away We Go Tour in 2019.
Reception
AllMusic
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gave the album three out of five stars with its review by James Christopher Monger praising several individual songs for stretching the band's songwriting and having a bright and uplifting attitude. Summing up, Monger says ''Mystic Truth'' "delivers another handful of meticulously polished gems that will be sure to find their way onto a future career overview or greatest-hits collection."
Track listing
#"Away We Go" – 3:25
#"One Magic Moment" – 3:37
#"A Miracle, a Mile Away" – 3:29
#"The World and I" – 2:52
#"Love by Mistake" – 2:33
#"Darkness Arrives (and Departs)" – 3:37
#"Hold Your Fire" – 3:02
#"Howling at the Sun" – 2:41
#"Separate Seas" – 3:31
#"Starjumper" – 4:02
Personnel
Bad Suns
*Gavin Bennett – bass guitar, piano
*Christo Bowman – guitar, vocals, keys, bass guitar on "A Miracle, A Mile Away"
*Ray Libby – guitar
*Miles Morris – drums, percussion
Additional personnel
*Vanessa Freebaim-Smith - cello
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Dave Sardy
David Stuart Sardy (born 1967), more commonly known as D. Sardy, is an American composer, musician, songwriter, and multiple Grammy winning record producer. He came to prominence as the leader of 1990s noise rock band Barkmarket before turning mo ...
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production
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*Jim Monte - engineering, editing
*Cameron Barton - engineering
*Morgan Straton - assistant engineering
References
External links
Page from Bad Suns' sitePage from Epitaph Records
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Interview with ''Atwood Magazine''
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2019 albums
Albums produced by Dave Sardy
Bad Suns albums
Epitaph Records albums