- folk, indie folk
- 116 min
- 26 tracks
- Anti‐
Strict Joy is the second album by the Swell Season. It was released in Ireland on October 23, 2009, the rest of Europe on October 26, and on October 27 in North America on the Anti- record label. The title of the album was derived from a 1931 book of poems written by Irish poet James Stephens.
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Spare, grave, classical in form and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
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Tracks
- 1Low Rising4:47
- 2Feeling the Pull2:21
- 3In These Arms3:34
- 4The Rain3:41
- 5Fantasy Man5:06
- 6Paper Cup3:22
- 7High Horses4:59
- 8The Verb4:32
- 9I Have Loved You Wrong5:05
- 10Love That Conquers3:57
- 11Two Tongues3:46
- 12Back Broke4:03
- 1All the Way Down4:06
- 2Lies4:26
- 3This Low5:33
- 4Drown Out5:44
- 5When Your Mind's Made Up3:32
- 6I Have Loved You Wrong9:42
- 7Falling Slowly5:40
- 8Leave2:60
- 9What Happens When the Heart Just Stops4:32
- 10Lay Me Down3:27
- 11Once4:31
- 12If You Want Me5:19
- 13Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy0:48
- 14Fitzcarraldo6:13
26 tracks, 116 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- The Swell Season
- Label
- Anti‐
- Released
- October 27, 2009
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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