Bruiser (album)
# Bruiser (album)

Bruiser is the third studio album by English band The Duke Spirit. It was released in 2011 and was produced and mixed by Andrew Scheps. "Everybody's Under Your Spell" had previously been released as the lead track of the band's Kusama EP from 2010, and "Surrender" and "Don't Wait" were released as singles with accompanying music videos. "Surrender" is featured in the soundtrack of the 2012 video game Forza Horizon, on the in-game radio station "Horizon Rocks".

## Track listing

All lyrics are written by Liela Moss.

## Critical reception

According to Metacritic, Bruiser received generally favourable reviews from critics.

Professional ratings :

| Aggregate scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (66%) |
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.5/10) |
| The A.V. Club | (C) |

## Personnel

The Duke Spirit

* Liela Moss - vocals, piano, harmonica, percussion
* Luke Ford - guitar, piano, organ
* Olly Betts - drums, percussion, piano, organ, glockenspiel, guitar
* Toby Butler - guitar, bass, organ, piano
* Marc Sallis - bass

Additional musicians

* Andrew Scheps - organ on "Villain"
* Rich File - omnichord on "Surrender"

Additional technical personnel

* Andrew Scheps - production, mixing
* Rich File - production on "Procession", "Surrender", "De Lux" and "Running Fire"
* Ian Davenport - Oxford session engineering
* Alan Moulder - mixing on "Procession"
* Catherine Marks - mixing on "Bodies"
