Dawes - North Hills neca horror Mercer took the 20th anniversary

Mercer took the 20th anniversary of the album as his opportunity to finally set the (literal

became the first record released nationally by an Austin-based rock band

Seeing Sounds received generally mixed to positive reviews from most music critics

the veteran award-winning indie producer (and co-founder of The Besnard Lakes) who works with Godspeed for the first time on this recording

Piecing together the tapes and footage

Dawes - North Hills neca horror Mercer took the 20th anniversaryNorth Hills is the debut studio album by American folk rock band Dawes, released on August 18, 2009. North Hills received mostly favorable reviews from the music critics. Absolute Punk's Gregory Robson said the album "is the sound of something truly astonishing beginning to take shape" with "near flawless roots rock offerings that drip with such a defined sense of soul, grit and harmony, it feels nearly criminal to label this album