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Moon Letters: This Dark Earth (2025)

Like I said, I came to Moon Letters not via their debut, but from their most recent album. This Dark Earth is album #3 (their sophomore effort Thank You From The Future remains unheard…at least until the vinyl arrives), and it doubles down on the instrumental wizardry and lush vocal lines. But it also moves away from the analog, 70s vintage sounds for something more modern, taking influences from 80s rock and metal to hone in on and craft their own identity. The growth over six years is evident, with disparate sections of songs coalescing better as the songwriting gets more concise. Nothing is lost, much is gained, and it continues to surprise me with each listen.

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moon letters - until they feel the sun
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Moon Letters: Until They Feel The Sun (2019)

When it comes debuts, I like to come in with a different set of expectations, especially if I’m coming to it after already heard later releases. Such is the case with Moon Letters, a Seattle, WA band whose debut Until They Feel The Sun wears its influences so clearly on its sleeve there are moments when I chuckle. But it’s exuberant, and to my ears comes not from calculation but from the rush of joy that comes from making something that speaks to that inner voice, the one that prompted the picking up of an instrument in the first place.

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(Un)Focused Definition Ep. 62: What’s New?

Small steps. Repeated Deep Purple spins morphed into repeated Uriah Heep spins (the new stuff feels like a similar flavor to new DP), and rather than bear down and get another review out this week, I enjoyed taking bit of air and just listening to some of the new stuff that came in the house. I guess technically there is a fourth review, so if you dig stoner metal you can check out my review of the new Borracho over at Nine Circles. Otherwise, here’s what I’ve been spinning (or streaming) in my personal time.

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(Un)Focused Definition Ep. 55: Wake & Recover

Last night was the first night I wasn’t overwhelmed, wasn’t wracked with grief or anxiety (well at least any anxiety I wasn’t already used to) and could slip into some semblance of normalcy. Normalcy of course thinking about work, thinking about my son, thinking about the insanity of our country and the world, so once again I was back up at 5:30am on a week. But I woke up with a smile – an exasperated smile, to be sure – and was almost eager to slip downstairs, brew a cup of coffee (currently drinking a wonderful light roast from Driftaway Coffee) and get to listening. This is some of the music that got me to that point, where I could wake, and recover.

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