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Saturday, November 28, 2020

Moonspeak's title track "Nowanights" embraces you in a big way (Album out now)

 


photo by Bjorn Eklund "looks like the end of hibernation"

I am pretty sure that there is not single artist, other than Moonspeak, that I have written about so often. Just see for yourself and, if you are so compelled, please check out my previous words on songs that were leading up to the band's debut album "Nowanights", which is out now: (clickable links)

Moonspeak and the art rock poised powerful ballad "Exceptions" leaves a lasting impression

Moonspeak's lush hyper-realistic art rock passion play "Escape Velocity"

Moonspeak and the hyper realistic artful universe of "Missing Things"

Moonspeak feels more earthbound on "Common Ground" but it still has stars in it's eyes


The title track off the album, "Nowanights", with it's acoustic core, feels maybe less grand, but not any less emotional and art rock poised. At the center of Moonspeak is Robert Jallinder (Vita Bergen) and the compositions always feel (to me) to be fused out of hope, longing to be loved, losing oneself and finding oneself during that internal struggle we all have but framed in such an artful dreamy way. The songs feel like they stem from dreams or create these magical reboots in our mind.

Dreams after all are mysterious things, and "Nowanights" (the song) with it's organic wanderlust, whistling and picking acoustic sentimentality feels universal. The simple structure and Jallinder's forlorn vocal aesthetic has a familial sadness. The production, as developed by 
band member Jakob Kullberg (who produced the entire album), envelopes you with droning organ sounds, big bass and heavy ascensions that give way to lovely violin orchestration held up by sparse piano is sublime. When the song explodes, the way Moonspeak songs do, you don't know whether to cry or to revel in hope. 

Go hug someone you love.

-Robb Donker Curtius





THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - PRESS NOTES:


Lyrics-driven cinematic indie rock with folk and shoegaze influences.


After leaving the internationally acclaimed band Vita Bergen in 2018, Robert Jallinder has been working as a clinical psychologist. Now he is back on the music scene with the band Moonspeak. Debut album ”Nowanights” was produced by band member Jakob Kullberg.

Signed to Warner Chappell and releasing through AWAL.

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