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Celestial debut from the post-space-rock laboratory
“From a slow burning, intensifying, building crescendo of noise that is opening track ‘Dust Bowl’ through to the following 13 tracks, this is an album of imagination, brilliant invention and noise landscapes designed to intrigue and titillate.. will be whispered as a favourite influence for years to come" ***** subba-cultcha
"Big brawny electronica laid over fuzzed-out trip hop beats.. ideal for drifting off in the early hours" Plan b
"Dense astral guitars.. a killer groovy bass.. large cracks and thuds that spray up vapour into the air.. set aside some time, some attention, and get stuck in" thelineofbestfit
“A convincing set of guitar-heavy soundscapes” UncutTracklisting:
1. Dust Bowl
2. Phantom Power
3. Vonnegut
4. Circle the Wagons
5. Smoke & Mirrors
6. Wires
7. Specialist is Looming
8. Banshees v Bulldozers
9. Clowns
10. Flood Plain
11. Old Man & the Sea
12. Seven Pillars
13. Grilly
14. Santa Stops Here
Release date: August 2008
Through these strange and uncertain times it is sometimes a little hard to see any light at the end of the tunnel but this is where The Moons have stepped in. This long player is an album full of colour and raw songwriting recorded live in the legendary Studio 2 at Abbey Road Studios. With cinematic string arrangements and masterclass songwriting from the pen of singer/songwriter Andy Crofts this album will be your happy escape.
'Most of this album had been unintentionally sat in my pocket for quite some time. Songs that I had written and forgotten about or had just lost their way and left unfinished. So that is why I wanted the album to simply be named Pocket Melodies. I had this inner feeling to pull them all together and it turned out my favourite Moons record.' Andy Crofts
Pocket Melodies takes you on a journey of glorious melodies leading you through love, romance, nostalgia, regret and unity.
'I wanted to be true to myself with this record. My best strength is writing melodic pop songs so I just let it all flow as I wanted this album to be soaked in colour and completely natural. There's no pretence, it's just straight up pop songs. I have always worn my heart on my sleeve when it comes to my feelings and I think you can hear this in the lyrics this time.' Andy Crofts
The album features singles Riding Man and Today which received high praise and championed on BBC London and Radio X and a collaboration with Paul Weller on the song Tunnel Of Time.
"I wrote all of the songs on the album except Tunnel Of Time which is a collaboration between myself and Paul Weller. He once approached me with a little idea and we slowly worked at it in dressing rooms etc until I took it away and put it all together. Its a nice little song and im glad it found a home with The Moons." Andy Crofts