While You Were Asleep

While You Were Asleep is the band's sixth album, released in 2012. It differs from the previous ones in three ways: first, it is the first album released through a mainstream label, Universal Music Group (instead of the traditional Love Will Pay The Bills). As a result, the album is not freely available for download on the band's website. Lastly, it only mentions the character Lilly once in all the songs (with not a single mention of other characters, such as Pablo).

This can indicate a few things. It could mean a stylistic shift towards less storytelling-like, more generic and poetic lyrics. This is unlikely due to the fact that the lyrics are still strongly based on conversations, break-ups, arguments and statements concerning rich contexts. It could also mean the story arc involving these specific characters has come to an end, or that it will fade until it isn't recognizable amidst other songs with different contents and themes (being only a small part of subsequent albums). It could also be a strategical decision to make their songs more commercial by scraping out obscure references to names and leaving only what is said and done by the characters, making it hard to tell if the songs are still about the same story. It should be noted, however, that this is more of a trend rather than a sudden disruption: character names have been progressively left out of the lyrics in more recent albums.

Background and Recording
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Personnel
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Track list

 * 1) I Seek a Stronger Word
 * 2) Give It Back
 * 3) When You Say Goodbye
 * 4) Queen of the Dancefloor
 * 5) I Just Wanna Dance the All Night Through
 * 6) Keep Smiling At the Kids
 * 7) IRL
 * 8) She's a Keeper
 * 9) Turn Back Home
 * 10) Heimlich's Maneuver
 * 11) Above
 * 12) Leave This City
 * 13) I Don't Fit In

Reception and Reviews
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