{{Short description|Album by Hyper Crush}} {{Infobox album | name = Night Wave | type = Studio album | artist = Hyper Crush | cover = Night Wave Album Cover.jpg | alt = | released = February 7, 2012 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Electropop | length = 39:08 | label = Night Wave Records | producer = | chronology = Hyper Crush | prev_title = The Arcade | prev_year = 2008 | next_title = Vertigo | next_year = 2013 | misc = {{Singles | name = Night Wave | type = studio | single1 = Fingers Up | single1date = June 8, 2011 | single2 = Flip the Switch | single2date = July 22, 2011 | single3 = Maniac | single3date = August 5, 2011 | single4 = Werk Me | single4date = October 17, 2011 }} }} '''''Night Wave''''' is the second studio album by Los Angeles-based electrohop group Hyper Crush, released on the iTunes Store on February 7, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Night Wave by Hyper Crush|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/night-wave/id490283251|publisher=iTunes Store|accessdate=February 4, 2012}}</ref> It was self-published by Night Wave Records after the group left its previous record label, Universal Motown, because it "really didn’t see eye to eye with them for a long time".<ref>{{cite web|author=JoeyMC|title=Hyper Crush Bring the "Night Wave" to Resolution 2012|url=http://www.dlistmagazine.com/decibel/hyper-crush-bring-the-night-wave-to-resolution-2012|publisher=DList Magazine|date=December 3, 2011|accessdate=February 4, 2012}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The album consists of eleven songs, four previously released as singles. Three were cowritten and coproduced, and eight written and produced by Hyper Crush.
== Promotion == A trailer created by Cassidy Sanders for the album was released January 17, 2012 featuring "What Goes Up".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Night Wave Commercial |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAOClJs4Bsk|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=February 4, 2012}}</ref> To generate hype and boost their pre-order numbers, free physical copies of the album were sent to fans who pre-ordered the album.<ref>{{cite web|title=Night Wave preview!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoPpHnYVDcE|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=February 4, 2012}}</ref> Another promotional giveaway occurred during their official album release party, which was held at The Roxy Theatre on February 3, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Night Wave CD release party at The Roxy!!!|url=http://hypercrush.com/night-wave-cd-release-party-at-the-roxy/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712023923/http://hypercrush.com/night-wave-cd-release-party-at-the-roxy/|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 July 2012|work=Hyper Crush Blog|publisher=Hyper Crush|accessdate=4 February 2012}}</ref> The CD was later available to buy on their website. They also released videos for "WTF", "Chead" and "Bad Boyz".
== Singles == "Fingers Up", "Flip The Switch", "Maniac" and their music videos were all released for free during the summer-long series titled "Free Song Friday".<ref>{{cite web|title=FREE SONG FRIDAYS!!!|url=http://hypercrush.com/free-song-fridays/|work=hypercrush.com|accessdate=4 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325032024/http://hypercrush.com/free-song-fridays/|archivedate=25 March 2012}}</ref> The single for "Werk Me" was released on October 17, 2011,<ref>{{cite web|title=New song! Werk Me|url=http://hypercrush.com/new-song-werk-me/|work=hypercrush.com|accessdate=4 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103075644/http://hypercrush.com/new-song-werk-me/|archivedate=3 January 2012}}</ref> and its video premiered on the front page of Vevo on January 10, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Night Wave music video Premiere on VEVO!|url=http://hypercrush.com/night-wave-music-video-premiere-on-vevo/|work=hypercrush.com|accessdate=4 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120711231431/http://hypercrush.com/night-wave-music-video-premiere-on-vevo/|archivedate=11 July 2012}}</ref>
== Track listing == This is the official track list, however on the CD, "WTF" is track 7 and "What Goes Up" is track 6 despite being listed otherwise on the back cover. {{Track listing | total_length = 39:08 | title1 = Werk Me | length1 = 3:50 | writer1 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya | title2 = Chrome Pipes | length2 = 3:05 | writer2 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya | title3 = Bad Boyz | length3 = 3:12 | writer3 = Oliver Goldstein, Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya | title4 = Fingers Up | length4 = 3:46 | writer4 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya | title5 = Cheap Thrills | length5 = 4:20 | writer5 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya | title6 = WTF | length6 = 3:19 | writer6 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya | title7 = What Goes Up | length7 = 3:43 | writer7 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya | title8 = Maniac | length8 = 3:27 | writer8 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge, Angelina Araya & John Feldman | title9 = Chead | length9 = 3:32 | writer9 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya | title10 = Flip The Switch | length10 = 3:21 | writer10 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge, Angelina Araya & Matt Shwartz | title11 = The Foundation | length11 = 3:33 | writer11 = Steven Love, Patrick Ridge & Angelina Araya }}
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