The song is taken from their seventh studio album 'Stars Are the Light', released last month via Sacred Bone Records. Get your copy here.
Th video was directed by Andrew Knives. Watch it below.
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Showing posts with label Moon Duo. Show all posts
Monday, October 07, 2019
Watch: Moon Duo Air Music Video For "Lost Heads"
The song is taken from their seventh studio album 'Stars Are the Light', released last month via Sacred Bone Records. Get your copy here.
Th video was directed by Andrew Knives. Watch it below.
Monday, August 05, 2019
Listen: Moon Duo Release New Single "Lost Heads"
The song is taken from their forthcoming seventh studio album 'Stars Are the Light', which will be out on September 27th via Sacred Bone Records. Pre-order your copy here.
Listen below.
Thursday, June 27, 2019
Moon Duo Announce New LP 'Stars Are the Light', Stream Title Track
The follow-up to 2017's two-part album Occult Architecture, was mixed by Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3, Spectrum), and will be out on September 27th via Sacred Bone Records. Pre-order your copy here.
According to the press release, the album marks a progression into significantly new territory. From a preoccupation with the transcendental and occult that informed Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada’s guitar-driven psych rock, and reached its apotheosis in the acclaimed Occult Architecture diptych, Stars Are the Light sees the band synthesize the abstract and metaphysical with the embodied and terrestrial.
Says Yamada: “We have changed, the nature of our collaboration has changed, the world has changed, and we wanted the new music to reflect that.” Branching out from Occult Architecture Vol. 2, the album has a sonic physicality that is at once propulsive and undulating; it puts dance at the heart of an expansive nexus that connects the body to the stars. These are songs about embodied human experience — love, change, misunderstanding, internal struggle, joy, misery, alienation, discord, harmony, celebration — rendered as a kind of dance of the self, both in relation to other selves and to the eternal dance of the cosmos.
Taking disco as its groove-oriented departure point, Stars Are the Light shimmers with elements of ’70s funk and ’90s rave. Johnson’s signature guitar sound is at its most languid and refined, while Yamada’s synths and oneiric vocals are foregrounded to create a spacious percussiveness that invites the body to move with its mesmeric rhythms.
On embracing disco as an inspiration, Yamada says, “It’s something we hadn’t referenced in our music before, but its core concepts really align with what we were circling around as we made the album. Disco is dance music, first and foremost, and we were digging our way into the idea of this endless dance of bodies in nature. We were also very inspired by the space and community of a disco – a space of free self-expression through dance, fashion, and mode of being; where everyone was welcome, diversity was celebrated, and identity could be fluid; where the life force that animates each of us differently could flower.”
According to the press release, the album marks a progression into significantly new territory. From a preoccupation with the transcendental and occult that informed Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada’s guitar-driven psych rock, and reached its apotheosis in the acclaimed Occult Architecture diptych, Stars Are the Light sees the band synthesize the abstract and metaphysical with the embodied and terrestrial.
Says Yamada: “We have changed, the nature of our collaboration has changed, the world has changed, and we wanted the new music to reflect that.” Branching out from Occult Architecture Vol. 2, the album has a sonic physicality that is at once propulsive and undulating; it puts dance at the heart of an expansive nexus that connects the body to the stars. These are songs about embodied human experience — love, change, misunderstanding, internal struggle, joy, misery, alienation, discord, harmony, celebration — rendered as a kind of dance of the self, both in relation to other selves and to the eternal dance of the cosmos.
Taking disco as its groove-oriented departure point, Stars Are the Light shimmers with elements of ’70s funk and ’90s rave. Johnson’s signature guitar sound is at its most languid and refined, while Yamada’s synths and oneiric vocals are foregrounded to create a spacious percussiveness that invites the body to move with its mesmeric rhythms.
On embracing disco as an inspiration, Yamada says, “It’s something we hadn’t referenced in our music before, but its core concepts really align with what we were circling around as we made the album. Disco is dance music, first and foremost, and we were digging our way into the idea of this endless dance of bodies in nature. We were also very inspired by the space and community of a disco – a space of free self-expression through dance, fashion, and mode of being; where everyone was welcome, diversity was celebrated, and identity could be fluid; where the life force that animates each of us differently could flower.”
Check out the album's tracklist and listen to the title track below.
Stars Are The Light tracklist:
01. Flying
02. Stars Are The Light
03. Fall In Your Love
04. The World And The Sun
05. Lost Heads
06. Eternal Shore
07. Eye 2 Eye
08. Fever Night
Stars Are The Light tracklist:
01. Flying
02. Stars Are The Light
03. Fall In Your Love
04. The World And The Sun
05. Lost Heads
06. Eternal Shore
07. Eye 2 Eye
08. Fever Night
Monday, March 27, 2017
New Entry: Moon Duo Release New Single "Sevens"
The song is taken from their upcoming album 'Occult Architecture Vol. 2', which will be out on May 5 via Sacred Bone Records. Pre-order your copy here.
Stream it below.
Monday, January 30, 2017
Watch: Moon Duo Unleash Music Video For "Cold Fear'"
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from their upcoming album 'Occult Architecture Vol. 1', which will be out on February 3 via Sacred Bone Records. Pre-order your copy here.
The video was directed by Micah Buzan. Watch it below.
Tuesday, December 06, 2016
Watch: Moon Duo Release New Song "Creepin'"
The song is taken from their upcoming album 'Occult Architecture Vol. 1', which will be out on February 3 via Sacred Bone Records. Pre-order your copy here.
Stream it below.
Thursday, December 03, 2015
Watch: Moon Duo Unleash Music Video For "Free the Skull"
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from the their 'Shadow of the Sun' LP, released back in March via Sacred Bone Records. Buy your copy here.
The video was directed by Tina Satter. Watch it below.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Watch: Moon Duo Unleash Music Video For "Slow Down Low"
San Francisco psych rockers Moon Duo have unleashed the video for their latest single "Slow Down Low".
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from the band's new album 'Shadow of the Sun', released last month (March 3rd) via Sacred Bone Records. Buy your copy here.
The video was directed by Sacred Bones labelmate Domingo Garcia Huidobro of Chilean band Föllakzoid.
Watch it below.
Tuesday, February 03, 2015
New Entry: Moon Duo Air New Single "Slow Down Low"
San Francisco psych rockers Moon Duo have aired their new psychedelic single "Slow Down Low".
The song features on the band's forthcoming new album 'Shadow of the Sun', set to be released on March 3rd via Sacred Bone Records. Pre-order your copy here.
Have a listen to the track below.
(facebook.com/moonduoofficial)
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Watch: Moon Duo Air Music Video For "Animal" Ft. Richie Jackson
San Francisco psych rockers Moon Duo have aired the video for their latest single "Animal", featuring professional skateboarder Richie Jackson.
The song is part of our current playlist and is taken from the band's forthcoming new album 'Shadow of the Sun', set to be released on March 3rd via Sacred Bone Records. Pre-order your copy here.
The video was directed by Richie Jackson. Watch it below.
(facebook.com/moonduoofficial)
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Watch: Moon Duo Share "Ich Werde Sehen" Video
San Francisco psych rockers, Moon Duo have unveiled the video for "Ich Werde Sehen", a German reworking of their track "I Can See". It is a classic tune on www.koolrockradio.com.
The song is taken from the band's recent album 'Circles' came out last year through Souterrain Transmissions.
The video was directed by Jovan Arsenic. Watch it below.
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