Blush (Moose Blood album)
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| Studio album by Moose Blood | ||||
| Released | 5 August 2016 | |||
| Recorded | November–December 2015 | |||
| Studio | The Cottage, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Emo | |||
| Length | 35:29 | |||
| Label | Hopeless, No Sleep | |||
| Producer | Beau Burchell | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100 |
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| AllMusic |    |
| idobi | 10/10 |
| Kerrang! | 4/5 |
| Punknews.org | |
| Rock Sound | 9/10 |
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| Upset | |
Blush is the second studio album by British emo band Moose Blood.
In April 2014, Moose Blood signed to independent label No Sleep. According to vocalist/guitarist Eddy Brewerton, the band were offered "some amazing tours that were too good to say no to", and as a result all of the members quit their jobs to focus on touring in September and October. Later that month, the band released their debut album, I'll Keep You in Mind, From Time to Time. Subsequent touring helped the band members become aware of their strengths and weaknesses, as guitarist Mark E. Osbourne explains: "[Touring] just made us play better together ... and as a unit, we’re just tighter through playing and touring so much." In July 2015, Brewerton mentioned that the group was "throwing some ideas about" and was planning to "sit down and start properly writing" following appearances at the Reading and Leeds Festivals.
Prior to recording, the band sent demos to producer Beau Burchell, who had produced their debut album, to give him a rough idea of the band's future direction. Recording for Blush began in November 2015 at The Cottage, located in Los Angeles, California. While in the studio, Burchell pushed the group to create an album that would top their debut. Burchell also handled recording and mixing. Acoustic versions of "Honey" and "Sway" were recorded at The Clubhouse with Ricky Beetlestone. In early December, the band announced they had finished recording. Mastering took place at Azimuth Mastering.
Osborne and Brewerton would write material together before showing it to the rest of the band during practice sessions. From there, they would turn it into a full-band song. The band faced pressure while writing Blush. Brewerton explained: "we started thinking about that [the pressure of writing a follow-up] too much. We just tried to do everything the best we could ... and worked harder on the songs." A few of the album's songs were written prior to recording; most of them were written as the recording process was underway, which allowed the band to be more creative.
The group spent more time crafting the songs according to Brewerton, instead of simply "sticking some ideas together and settling with that". Touring was a major influence during writing, according to Osbourne: "because you spend time away from the people important to you." While some of songs on band's debut album dealt with Brewerton meeting his wife, some of the songs on Blush were about "being away from family." The group wanted to include "proper choruses this time", something they thought was lacking on I'll Keep You in Mind, From Time to Time.
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