Moonfire (album)

Moonfire
Studio album by Boy & Bear
Released	5 August 2011 (Australia) 9 August 2011 (US) 16 January 2012 (UK)
Recorded	Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Indie rock, indie folk
Length	42:36
Label	Universal (Island Records Australia, Universal Motown Republic)
Producer	Joe Chiccarelli, Boy & Bear
Boy & Bear chronology
With Emperor Antarctica (2010) Moonfire (2011) Harlequin Dream (2013)
Singles from Moonfire
"Feeding Line" Released: 9 May 2011 "Milk & Sticks" Released: 11 July 2011 [1] "Part Time Believer" Released: 19 October 2011 [2] "Big Man" Released: 11 May 2012 [3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[4]
Drowned in Sound	(5/10) [5]
musicOMH	[6]
NME	(4/10) [7]
The Fly	[8]
The Independent	[9]

Moonfire is the debut studio album by the Australian indie rock band Boy & Bear. It was released on 5 August 2011 in the band's home country, with later release dates elsewhere. Recorded at Blackbird Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, with producer Joe Chiccarelli, ^[10] the record garnered comparisons to other indie folk bands such as Fleet Foxes and Mumford & Sons.

Track listing

1. "Lordy May" – 3:33
2. "Feeding Line" – 4:28
3. "Milk & Sticks" – 4:42
4. "Part Time Believer" – 4:12
5. "My Only One" – 5:48
6. "Percy Warner Park" – 1:03
7. "Golden Jubilee" – 3:17
8. "House & Farm" – 3:12
9. "The Village" – 1:35
10. "Beach" – 6:11
11. "Big Man" – 4:24

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2011–12)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [11]	2
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [12]	91

Year-end charts

Chart (2011)	Position
Australian Albums Chart [13]	23
Australian Artist Albums Chart [14]	5

Chart (2012)	Position
Australian Albums Chart [15]	45
Australian Artist Albums Chart [16]	17

Decade-end charts

Chart (2010–2019)	Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [17]	99
Australian Artist Albums (ARIA) [17]	20

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [18]	2× Platinum	140,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Boy & Bear : Milk & Sticks". Beat Magazine. 20 July 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
2. "Boy & Bear Part Time Believer". Beat Magazine. 19 October 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
3. "Single of the Week Boy & Bear Big Man". Beat Magazine. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
4. Jon O'Brien. "Moonfire - Boy & Bear". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
5. Robert Cooke (12 January 2012). "Boy & Bear - Moonfire". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
6. Andy Baber (13 February 2012). "Boy & Bear - Moonfire". musicOMH. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
7. Simon Jay Catling (13 January 2012). "Boy & Bear - 'Moonfire'". NME. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
8. David Renshaw (13 January 2012). "Boy & Bear - Moonfire". The Fly. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
9. Andy Gill (13 January 2012). "Album: Boy Bear, Moonfire (V2)". The Independent. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
10. Guy Morrow (June 2012). "Creative Conflict in a Nashville Studio: A Case of Boy & Bear". Journal on the Art of Record Production. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
11. "Australiancharts.com – Boy & Bear – Moonfire". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
12. "Dutchcharts.nl – Boy & Bear – Moonfire" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
13. "ARIA Top 100 Albums 2011". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 30 October 2014.
14. "ARIA Top 50 Australian Artists Albums 2011". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 30 October 2014.
15. "ARIA Top 100 Albums 2012". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 30 October 2014.
16. "ARIA Top 50 Australian Artists Albums 2012". Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 30 October 2014.
17. "2019 ARIA End of Decade Albums Chart". January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
18. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2014 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved 30 October 2014.