Power pop act Curling (formerly known as Moe Meguro) will release their new album Definitely Band on August 3 (cassette, digital, vinyl - limited to 150 haandnumbered copies). The album - in glorious mono - is available for pre-order thru their website. One of the tracks, Radio Kings, can be streamed.
HCTF reviews of Moe Meguro + San Mai Niku.
Power pop act Curling (formerly known as Moe Meguro) have launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise the money to cover the cost for mixing & mastering their new album Definitely Band. They will release it in mono, and here's why:
Over the course of two years, we recorded Definitely Band straight to 2" tape at two separate studios in the Bay Area. We're almost ready to share the album with you, we just need to mix and master it.
The album will be mixed in mono. Why? Well, other than "because the Beatles and Beach Boys did it," we want to provide the purest, highest-fidelity version of our music and we want you to hear it the same way that we do!
Indie shoegaze band Moe Meguro are special, mixing The Beatles (well, mostly John Lennon) with Hüsker Dü, creating melodic rough-around-the-edges melodic noise rock. Considering the fact that the members and guest musicians have taken up residence all over the world (Sacramento, Berkeley, Austin and Japan), it's quite a feat that have managed to create such a cohesive and original sound on their latest, self-titled album.
From the bold opener Today's Happiness into psychedelic Maybe U Are they never let up, handing out tidbits and references to appease the deep knowledge of the serious music geek. Sure, there are dead giveaways - they tagged a bit of Strawberry Fields unto the John Lennon cover #9 Dream and Across The Universe pops up during Yura Yura, but there are plenty of blink-and-you'll-miss-'em moments. Primus, Zappa, Big Star, Pixies, the list goes on and on.
