Sway (album)

Sway is the seventh studio album by Blue October. It was recorded at Fire Station Studio in San Marcos, Texas with co-producer David Castell in February and March 2013. Additional recording sessions for strings and vocal overdubs took place at Test Tube Audio in Austin, Texas in April 2013, and the album was mixed at Studio 62 in Austin by Tim Palmer between May and July 2013. Production credit for the album is shared between Justin Furstenfeld, David Castell and Tim Palmer. Castell previously produced Blue October's album History For Sale and co-produced Foiled, while Palmer produced the band's album Any Man in America and mixed History for Sale. The first single from the album, "Bleed Out" impacted radio on June 6, 2013 and became available for sale at digital outlets on June 25. A music video for the single was filmed in Dallas, Texas on June 15 with director Norry Niven. "Bleed Out" was a top 25 single on the Billboard alternative radio chart. The song "Angels in Everything" was released as a single in Germany, and to date has reached number 25 on the radio charts. The album's title track, "Sway" was released to radio as the third single on February 11, 2014 and a video, directed by Bongani Mlambo was released April 23, 2014. The album debuted at #13 on the Billboard Top 200, #1 on the Billboard Alternative Albums, #2 on the Billboard Independent Albums, #3 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums, #10 on the Billboard Digital Albums, and #8 on iTunes. The album was rated the 2nd best album of 2013 (in a tie with David Bowie's The Next Day) by German music magazine . Sway also won Reader’s Choice for Best Album in the Austin Music Blogger Awards.