Moon Duo is a
psychedelic rock
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band from
San Francisco, California formed in 2009 by
Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada.
History
Their debut album ''Mazes'' was released on
Sacred Bones Records in 2011. The band's style is inspired by psychedelic rock, combining repetitive rhythms and saturated guitars. Their influences include
Alan Vega
Boruch Alan Bermowitz (June 23, 1938 – July 16, 2016), known professionally as Alan Vega, was an American vocalist and visual artist, primarily known for his work with the electronic protopunk duo Suicide.
Life and career
Boruch Alan Berm ...
of
Suicide
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,
Spacemen 3 and
Silver Apples. The band's seventh full-length album, ''Stars Are the Light'', was released on September 27, 2019.
Their most recent album, ''Stars Are the Light'' was released to favorable reviews. ''
Stereogum
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''Stereogum'' was one of the first MP3 blogs and has received several award ...
'' named it album of the week on September 19, 2019, saying "With their latest album, Moon Duo were thinking about dance, and as such ''Stars Are the Light'' comes with surprising touchstones, with Johnson and Yamada looking back to '70s
funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...
and disco."
Metacritic gave the album a score of 77 out of 100.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Escape'' (2010)
* ''Mazes'' (2011)
* ''Mazes Remixed'' (2011)
* ''Circles'' (2012)
* ''Circles Remixed (2013)
* ''Live in Ravenna (2014)
* ''
Shadow of the Sun'' (2015)
* ''Occult Architecture Vol. 1'' (2017)
* ''Occult Architecture Vol. 2'' (2017)
* ''Stars Are the Light'' (2019)
Singles
* ''Planet Caravan'' (2020)
EPs
* ''Killing Time'' (2009)
Compilations
*''Occult Architecture Vols 1 & 2'' (2017)
References
[ "Sleepwalker", 2nd plac]
in Berlin Music Video Awards 2013
and Winner of the Best Director Category
External links
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