Despite nosy neighbors and nosier family members constantly cramping our stylez, we prefer to be solitary creatures. Working with another has its own stresses and complications. Partnership can be a pain in the ass, but imagine having to ply your trade together on the moon. Now that would be a pain in the ass-and-a-half!
We’ve come to expect the unexpected from the magickal Moon Duo, so if anyone could conjointly crank out blissful jams in temperatures ranging from 260 degrees F to -280 degrees F, it would be heavenly bodies Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada. After umpteen releases and light years spent together, these two have the working-together thing down pat. The duo will be resting on terra firma for at least the next six months, as they’ve announced details of a new album and a bunch of North American tour dates.
Stars Are the Light is the band’s seventh full-length, and it will be released September 27 on our planet through Sacred Bones. With impeccable production by Sonic Boom (Spaceman 3, Spectrum, E.A.R.), Stars Are the Light marks a change in direction for the band, as heard on the truly celestial title track from the album below (is anyone else getting a very strong and very great late-80s/early-90s UK baggy/shoegazey vibe from this?).
Pre-orders can be found here and here. Don’t forget to scan the new North American dates and the already-announced European shows below too.
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
80. Fever Night
Moon Duo tour dates:
10.17.19 - Ghent, Belgium - Videodroom
10.18.19 - Krakow, Poland - Malopolski Garden of the Arts
10.20.19 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso Noord
10.21.19 - Berlin, Germany - Volksbuhne
10.23.19 - Zurich, Switzerland - Bogen F
10.24.19 - Vevey, Switzerland - Rocking Chair
10.26.19 - Angers, FR - Le Chabada
10.28.19 - London, UK - EartH
10.29.19 - Manchester, UK - Dancehouse
10.30.19 - Liverpool, UK - Invisible Wind Factory
10.31.19 - Glasgow, UK - BAAD
11.01.19 - Birmingham, UK - The Crossing
11.02.19 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
11.04.19 - Brighton, UK - St. Bartholomew’s Church
11.05.19 - Paris, France - Petit Bain
11.09.19 - Utrecht, Neytherlands - Le Guess Who?
11.12.19 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
11.13.19 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
11.14.19 - Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel
11.15.19 - Kingston, NY - BSP (Raven Sings the Blues Anniversary Party)
11.16.19 - Montreal, QC - SAT
11.18.19 - Toronto, ON - Longboat Hall
11.19.19 - Detroit, MI - MOCAD
11.20.19 - Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall
11.22.19 - Los Angeles, CA - Lodge Room
11.25.19 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
11.26.19 - Seattle, WA - Neumos Stage @ Capitol Hill Block Party
11.27.19 - Vancouver, BC - New Hollywood Theatre
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