Moon Duo

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Moon Duo
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Moon Duo performing at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC
Background information
Origin San Francisco, California
Genres Psychedelic rock
Years active2009 (2009)–present
Labels Sacred Bones Records
Members
  • Ripley Johnson
  • Sanae Yamada
Website moonduo.org OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Moon Duo is a psychedelic rock band from San Francisco, California formed in 2009 by Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada. [1]

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History

Their debut album Mazes was released on Sacred Bones Records in 2011. The band's style is inspired by psychedelic rock, combining repetitive rhythms and saturated guitars. Their influences include Alan Vega of Suicide, Spacemen 3 and Silver Apples. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] The band's seventh full-length album, Stars Are the Light, was released on September 27, 2019.

Their most recent album, Stars Are the Light was released to favorable reviews. Stereogum named it album of the week on September 19, 2019, saying "With their latest album, Moon Duo were thinking about dance, and as such Stars Are the Light comes with surprising touchstones, with Johnson and Yamada looking back to '70s funk and disco." [8] Metacritic gave the album a score of 77 out of 100. [9]

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

EPs

Compilations

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References

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  1. "Sleepwalker", 2nd place in Berlin Music Video Awards 2013 and Winner of the Best Director Category