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A Blemish in the Great Light is the third studio album by the Canadian indie rock band Half Moon Run, released in 2019.[1] The album peaked at #3 on the Canadian Albums Chart and won Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020.[2][3]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	69/100[4]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Exclaim!	7/10[1]

A Blemish in the Great Light
Studio album by Half Moon Run
Released	November 1, 2019
Studio	Planet Studios (Montreal) Bathouse Recording Studio (Bath)
Genre	Indie rock, indie folk, indie pop
Length	40:25
Label	Crystal Math, Glassnote
Producer	Joe Chiccarelli
Half Moon Run chronology
Sun Leads Me On (2015) A Blemish in the Great Light (2019)
Singles from Half Moon Run
"Then Again" Released: August 9, 2019 "Flesh and Blood" Released: September 13, 2019 "Favourite Boy" Released: October 18, 2019

Track listing

All tracks written by Half Moon Run

Personnel

Half Moon Run

• Devon Portielje
• Dylan Phillips
• Isaac Symonds
• Conner Molander

Additional musicians

• Quatuor Esca – string quartet
• Colin Stetson – saxophone
• Pietro Amato – French horn
• Christopher Seligman – French horn
• Chœur des enfants de Montréal - choir
• Rowan Grace Mizerski – additional vocals

Production

• Joe Chiccareli – producer, engineer
• Nyles Spencer – engineer on "Undercurrents" and "Jello on My Mind"
• Dylan Phillips – producer on "Undercurrents", string/choir/horn arrangements
• Devon Portielje – bass saxophone arrangement on "Then Again"
• Chris Shaw – mixing
• Emily Lazar – mastering
• Chris Allgood – mastering
• Samuel Woywitka – engineer
• Jacob Lacroix-Cardinal – engineer
• Lars Fox – digital editting
• Léa Moisan-Perrier – soprano, choir director
• Ross Stirling — layout and design
• Yani Clarke – photography
• Isaac Symonds – back cover photo

References

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