Waking Season

Waking Season is the third full-length studio album by Beverly, Massachusetts post-rock group Caspian. It is the group's first record to be produced by Matt Bayles and also their first to be released through Triple Crown Records. The album was released in CD, LP, 2XLP, and Digital Download formats on September 21, 2012 in Germany through Make My Day Records and worldwide on September 25, 2012 through Triple Crown Records.^[6] An official music video for the opening track "Waking Season" debuted on Vimeo on September 25, 2012 and was directed by Daniel Navetta.^[7] The album was later given an Australia / New Zealand release through Hobbledehoy Record Co in January 2014.^[8] In an interview with Nothingbuthopeandpassion, guitarist Calvin Joss stated that the album is "anthemically about growth and change".^[9]

Waking Season
Studio album by Caspian
Released	September 25, 2012
Recorded	January 2012, April – May 2012
Studio	Q Division (Somerville, MA) Radar Studios (Clinton, CT) Red Room Studios (Seattle, WA)
Genre	Post-rock, indie rock, emo
Length	57:00
Label	Triple Crown Records Hobbledehoy Record Co
Producer	Caspian and Matt Bayles
Caspian chronology
Tertia (2009) Waking Season (2012)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	89/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	86%[2]
Alternative Press	[3]
Rock Sound	(9/10)[4]
Spin	(8/10)[5]

Reception

Critical reception

The album has garnered mainly positive reviews, receiving critical acclaim from various publications. The aggregate review site Metacritic assigned an average score of 89 to the album based on 5 reviews, indicating "Universal Acclaim".^[10] Spin Magazine's Christopher R. Weingarten labeled Waking Season as "the Best Post-Rock Album of the Year".^[11] Similarly, Riley Breckenridge of Alternative Press proclaimed "Waking Season is arguably one of the best records of 2012" citing the album as "fucking gorgeous".^[12]

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
Billboard Heatseekers Albums	71[13]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Chris Friedrich, Philip Jamieson, Calvin Joss, Erin Moran and Joe Vickers of Caspian.^[14]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Waking Season"	5:21
2.	"Procellous"	6:13
3.	"Gone in Bloom and Bough"	10:24
4.	"Halls of the Summer"	5:15
5.	"Akiko"	3:33
6.	"High Lonesome"	3:37
7.	"Hickory '54"	6:04
8.	"Long the Desert Mile"	6:10
9.	"Collider in Blue"	2:34
10.	"Fire Made Flesh"	7:49
Total length:		57:00

Personnel

Waking Season album personnel adapted from Allmusic.^[15]

Caspian

• Philip Jamieson - Guitar, Keyboards, Synthesizers
• Chris Friedrich - Bass
• Calvin Joss - Guitar
• Erin Burke-Moran - Guitar
• Joe Vickers - Drums

Production

• Matt Bayles - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
• Will Benoit - Additional Production, Engineer
• Ed Brooks - Mastering
• Joe Tooley - Engineer

Artwork

• Philip Jamieson - Art Direction, Design, Photography
• Charles Bergquist - Cover Image