Waiting for the Dawn is a studio album by American indie rock band The Mowgli's, released on June 18, 2013 by Photo Finish Records/Island Records. The album and associated single "San Francisco" were the most successful of the band's career, placing on several charts.

Writing for Alternative Press, Evan Lucy opines that this album "sounds tailor-made for warm summer days" and compares it to 1960s sunshine pop, but complaining that while the release makes "a passable soundtrack for your summer parties, you’re likely to remember little of it the next morning".^[2] Editors at AllMusic Guide chose this as an Album Pick among the band's catalog and scored it three out of five stars, with critic Matt Collar comparing the band favorably to diverse acts such as Fleetwood Mac and Grouplove and sums up that this album makes for "enjoyable, laid-back listening".^[1] A brief, negative review came from Spin, ranking it two out of 10 for having "tiring cavalcade of cornball folk shouts".^[3]

1. "San Francisco" (David Appelbaum, Colin Dieden, Katie Jayne Earl, Christian-James Hand, Joshua Hogan, Matthew Di Panni, Spencer Trent, and Michael Vincze) – 2:53
2. "Slowly, Slowly" (Appelbaum, Dieden, Earl, Hand, Hogan, Di Panni, Trent, and Vincze) – 4:05
3. "Waiting for the Dawn" (Appelbaum, Dieden, Earl, Hand, Hogan, Pete Mallinger, Di Panni, Trent, and Vincze) – 3:34
4. "Love Is Easy" (Appelbaum, Dieden, Earl, Hand, Hogan, Di Panni, Trent, and Vincze) – 4:08
5. "Clean Light" (Appelbaum, Dieden, Earl, Hand, Hogan, Di Panni, Trent, and Vincze) – 3:10
6. "Time" (Appelbaum, Dieden, Earl, Hand, Hogan, Di Panni, Trent, and Vincze) – 3:32
7. "Emily" (Appelbaum, Nate Campany, Dieden, Earl, Hogan, Sam Hollander, Di Panni, Trent, Vincze, and Andy Warren) – 3:33
8. "The Great Divide" (Appelbaum, Dieden, Earl, Hand, Hogan, Mallinger, Di Panni, Trent, and Vincze) – 3:07
9. "Say It, Just Say It" (Appelbaum, Evan "Kidd" Bogart, Dieden, Earl, Hogan, Jens Koerkemeir, Di Panni, Trent, Vincze, and Warren) – 3:20
10. "Leave It Up to Me" (Appelbaum, Alex Arias, Dieden, Earl, Hand, Hogan, Di Panni, Trent, Vincze, and Warren) – 3:28
11. "Carry Your Will" (Appelbaum, Dieden, Earl, Hand, Hogan, Di Panni, Trent, and Vincze) – 4:18
12. "Hi, Hey There, Hello" (Appelbaum, Dieden, Earl, Hand, Hogan, Di Panni, Trent, and Vincze) – 3:26
13. "We Are Free" (Appelbaum, Dieden, Earl, Hand, Hogan, Di Panni, Trent, and Vincze) – 6:30

iTunes bonus track

14. "See I'm Alive" (Appelbaum, Dieden, Earl, Hand, Hogan, Di Panni, Trent, and Vincze) – 4:46

Waiting for the Dawn had sold 38,000 copies by May 2015.^[4] The album placed on three charts published by American publication Billboard, peaking at 109 on the Billboard 200,^[5] second place on Top Heatseekers,^[6] and reaching 31 on Top Rock Albums.^[7]

Additionally, the single "San Francisco" had previously been featured on the album Sound the Drum and was also on this release. The single placed on several charts:

• Billboard Adult Alternative Songs: 2^[8]
• Billboard Alternative Songs: 13^[9]
• Billboard Rock Songs: 32^[10]
• Canadian rock/alternative chart: 23^[11]

The song was Recording Industry Association of America-certified gold.^[12]

• List of 2013 albums