Come Morning We Fight is the second studio album by English alternative rock band Brigade, released on 12 May 2008 on Caned & Able Records.
The band had welcomed Andrew Kearton to join the band as their full-time drummer, and also hired Chris Sheldon (Oceansize, Biffy Clyro, Fightstar) to oversee mixing and producing duties. Brigade set up camp in Monnow Valley Studio's in December 2007 to record songs for their follow up album to Lights.
In early January 2008 Brigade announced that the title for their second album would be Come Morning We Fight. In February, Brigade announced that the first single to be taken off the album would be "Pilot". The full video can now be seen online and on major music video channels. "Pilot" was released on 28 April with the album official release date being on 12 May 2008. The Double A-side "Sink Sink Swim/Stunning" was then released on 4 August.
Rock Sound placed the album at #43 on their "Top 75 Albums of 2008".
Track listing All lyrics written by Will Simpson; all music composed by Brigade.
"What Are You Waiting For?" – 3:21 "Pilot" – 3:17 "Together Apart" – 3:34 "Res Head" – 3:15 "Stunning" – 2:53 "Slow Dives & Alibis" – 3:34 "Four Kids to a Glockenspiel" – 5:30 "Come Morning We Fight" (Instrumental) – 2:21 "Shortcuts" – 3:36 "Vice to Versa" – 3:30 "Asinine" – 5:17 "Sink Sink Swim" – 3:14 "Boundaries" – 10:18 contains an untitled hidden track
Release history Country Date Label United Kingdom 12 May 2008 Caned & Able Japan 13 May 2009 Roadrunner
Personnel The following personnel contributed to Come Morning We Fight:
Brigade Will Simpson – lead vocals, rhythm guitar James Plant – lead guitar, vocals Naoto Hori – bass guitar Andrew Kearton – drums, percussion
Additional musicians Guillermo 'Will' Mayer – string arrangement Chris Sheldon – keyboards, backing vocals Charlie Simpson – backing vocals Edd Simpson – backing vocals Tom Hodgkinson – backing vocals
Production Chris Sheldon – producer, mixing, engineering Steve Fallone – mastering Jim Anderson – assistant engineering, art direction, design Pete Derrett – photography Warren Higgins – A&R
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