Rhyme Report
Published on January 11th, 2018 |
by Jameelah "Just Jay" Wilkerson
Lo Moon announces debut album / Listen to “Real Love
Los Angeles trio
Lo Moon is thrilled to announce their self-titled debut album, set for release on Columbia Records on
February 23, 2018. The album – produced by
Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie) and
Francois Tetaz (Gotye) – features previously released songs “
Loveless,” “
This Is It,” and “
Thorns,” as well as guest turns by
The War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel and Charlie Hall. A new taste of the record, in the form of a seductive, synth-driven song “
Real Love,” can be heard
NOW.
Lo Moon recently performed a brilliant
NPR Tiny Desk concert, which can be viewed
HERE, and sat down with NPR show
Weekend Edition to chat about emerging as one of 2018’s most exciting new artists, which can be heard
HERE.
Lo Moon are one of three very special artists to pioneer the inaugural
Slingshot program by
NPR and
VuHaus, a new collective effort among tastemaking public radio music stations to discover and elevate the most promising up-and-coming artists.
Lo Moon will be making their television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live on January 16, 2018, playing album opener and current Top 10 Triple A radio breakthrough hit “This Is It.”
Music is the universal language for the group of people who all come from vastly different corners of the earth that comprise Lo Moon. Singer/guitarist Matt Lowell is from Long Island, bassist Crisanta Baker from Denver, and guitarist Samuel Stewart from London; Los Angeles was their eventual meeting place. And from this meeting place has come something astounding: Lo Moon – a dark, luscious collection of songs full of crescendo rock and sparkling electronics – spans the breadth of human highs and lows, bridging a gap between soft experimental rock and atmospheric electronic pop. The record — a cool, dark, meditative exploration of bittersweet sadness and cathartic joy — could sit as happily among the likes of The XX as it could Talk Talk, Depeche Mode, early Coldplay, or the cinematic scope of Sigur Ros.
Lo Moon made itself at home on the road throughout last year – opening for Phoenix, The War On Drugs, London Grammar, Glass Animals, Ride, and more – and 2018 sees them rapidly becoming one of the best new live bands to emerge over the last few years. Indeed, the New York Times‘ esteemed music critic Jon Pareles called them one of the Top 10 artists he saw at Governor’s Ball 2017, alongside the likes of Lorde and Chance The Rapper. The band will announce a forthcoming headlining tour in the coming weeks.
MORE ABOUT LO MOON:
Watch the video for “Loveless,” directed by acclaimed visual artist Warren Fu (The Weeknd, Daft Punk, Haim).
Watch the video for “Thorns.”