31-08-2012, 12:16
online listen
Fleet Foxes sound of course
nice xylophone on some tracks
at least that's what it sounds like
probably some computer generated crap
3 like tracks and room to grow
won't happen since it just misses
clip is my favorite
1.6 from me and a converted 2.4 from the pros at allmusic
from the album - Birds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JGseJTX6Xw
released August 28th, 2012
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Bio - from allmusic
Formed in 2008, Poor Moon began as a long-distance collaboration between Fleet Foxes/Crystal Skulls players
Christian Wargo and Casey Wescott and brothers Ian and Peter Murray from Bay Area band the Christmas Cards.
Following initial songwriting sessions, the band played several shows at Seattle area house parties, always using
different names. When they began playing larger shows, they settled on Poor Moon as their moniker, taken from a song
by Canned Heat. Recording ensued in a piecemeal fashion in various bedroom studios over the next several years.The
side project was slow to form, as its roots began at the same time as Fleet Foxes rise to fame, and Wargo and
Wescott were committed to years of touring while Poor Moon sat dormant. In early 2012, a five-song EP entitled
Illusion, released by Sup Pop, marked the band's debut. The band's self-titled full length arrived in the late
summer of the same year.
Album Review - from allmusic
When Poor Moon, a side project of Fleet Foxes members Christian Wargo and Casey Wescott, arrived with their five-
song debut EP, Illusion, in early 2012, they seemed like more of an extension of their enormously popular parent
band than a separate entity. Though the songs wandered safely through a couple different styles, what stuck out the
most was the blatant Fleet Fox-isms that Poor Moon employed shamelessly in their tunes. The EP seemed like a
Frankensteined composite of scraps from someone else's songs and didn't bode very well for the band's future output.
Excitingly, however, their self-titled full-length album holds on to the group's affinity for curious stylistic
switching but drops the majority of the mimicry. While Wargo's soft, thin vocals and wistful harmonies on "Bucky
Pony" still bear a likeness to those of Fleet Foxes main man Robin Pecknold, they're housed in a song comprised not
of folky instrumentation but chirping bells, muted gong sounds, and rolling percussion. The moods on Poor Moon shift
constantly, and this highlights how much stronger the songs are here than on the band's earlier output. Album opener
"Clouds Below" is a gentle singsongy tune so sweet it borders on being a children's song, complete with cricket and
blue jay sound effects. A few songs later, "Holiday" sways in the breeze with cruise ship instrumentation and faux
bossa nova rhythms more in keeping with Jimmy Buffett's work than Gilberto Gil. The next track, "Waiting For," turns
up the reverb on every element, delivering a modernized take on '60s pop that would make both the Zombies and Belle
& Sebastian proud. The constant changes over the album's course means Poor Moon are taking a lot of risks,
especially in comparison to how safely played their first EP was. While Poor Moon still owe a large part of their
sound to Fleet Foxes, Iron & Wine, and the rest of the late-2000s indie folk movement, their debut sets them apart
due to the chances it takes. The result is an album not only more interesting, but far more enjoyable. All the
attention that was once paid to how derivative the band sounded gets redirected to how sturdily and slyly crafted
these songs are, and how open to experimentation and unlikely influences Poor Moon actually are.
Track Listing
1. Clouds Below
2. Phantom Light
3. Same Way
4. Holiday
5. Waiting For
6. Heaven's Door
7. Pulling Me Down
8. Bucky Pony
9. Come Home
10. Birds
Fleet Foxes sound of course
nice xylophone on some tracks
at least that's what it sounds like
probably some computer generated crap
3 like tracks and room to grow
won't happen since it just misses
clip is my favorite
1.6 from me and a converted 2.4 from the pros at allmusic
from the album - Birds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JGseJTX6Xw
released August 28th, 2012
Bio - from allmusic
Formed in 2008, Poor Moon began as a long-distance collaboration between Fleet Foxes/Crystal Skulls players
Christian Wargo and Casey Wescott and brothers Ian and Peter Murray from Bay Area band the Christmas Cards.
Following initial songwriting sessions, the band played several shows at Seattle area house parties, always using
different names. When they began playing larger shows, they settled on Poor Moon as their moniker, taken from a song
by Canned Heat. Recording ensued in a piecemeal fashion in various bedroom studios over the next several years.The
side project was slow to form, as its roots began at the same time as Fleet Foxes rise to fame, and Wargo and
Wescott were committed to years of touring while Poor Moon sat dormant. In early 2012, a five-song EP entitled
Illusion, released by Sup Pop, marked the band's debut. The band's self-titled full length arrived in the late
summer of the same year.
Album Review - from allmusic
When Poor Moon, a side project of Fleet Foxes members Christian Wargo and Casey Wescott, arrived with their five-
song debut EP, Illusion, in early 2012, they seemed like more of an extension of their enormously popular parent
band than a separate entity. Though the songs wandered safely through a couple different styles, what stuck out the
most was the blatant Fleet Fox-isms that Poor Moon employed shamelessly in their tunes. The EP seemed like a
Frankensteined composite of scraps from someone else's songs and didn't bode very well for the band's future output.
Excitingly, however, their self-titled full-length album holds on to the group's affinity for curious stylistic
switching but drops the majority of the mimicry. While Wargo's soft, thin vocals and wistful harmonies on "Bucky
Pony" still bear a likeness to those of Fleet Foxes main man Robin Pecknold, they're housed in a song comprised not
of folky instrumentation but chirping bells, muted gong sounds, and rolling percussion. The moods on Poor Moon shift
constantly, and this highlights how much stronger the songs are here than on the band's earlier output. Album opener
"Clouds Below" is a gentle singsongy tune so sweet it borders on being a children's song, complete with cricket and
blue jay sound effects. A few songs later, "Holiday" sways in the breeze with cruise ship instrumentation and faux
bossa nova rhythms more in keeping with Jimmy Buffett's work than Gilberto Gil. The next track, "Waiting For," turns
up the reverb on every element, delivering a modernized take on '60s pop that would make both the Zombies and Belle
& Sebastian proud. The constant changes over the album's course means Poor Moon are taking a lot of risks,
especially in comparison to how safely played their first EP was. While Poor Moon still owe a large part of their
sound to Fleet Foxes, Iron & Wine, and the rest of the late-2000s indie folk movement, their debut sets them apart
due to the chances it takes. The result is an album not only more interesting, but far more enjoyable. All the
attention that was once paid to how derivative the band sounded gets redirected to how sturdily and slyly crafted
these songs are, and how open to experimentation and unlikely influences Poor Moon actually are.
Track Listing
1. Clouds Below
2. Phantom Light
3. Same Way
4. Holiday
5. Waiting For
6. Heaven's Door
7. Pulling Me Down
8. Bucky Pony
9. Come Home
10. Birds
