Today, Moon Duo have announced details of a new album Stars Are The Light, set for release on September 27th via Sacred Bones. The album’s title track is streaming below and the band have also announced North American & European touring plans for this Autumn.
The band’s Sanae Yamada comments about the new album: “We have changed, the nature of our collaboration has changed, the world has changed, and we wanted the new music to reflect that.”
With Sonic Boom (Spacemen 3, Spectrum) at the mixing desk in Portugal’s Serra de Sintra, the area’s lush landscape and powerful lunar energies exerted a strong influence on the vibe and sonic texture of the album.
On embracing disco as an inspiration, Yamada says, “It’s something we hadn’t referenced in our music before, but its core concepts really align with what we were circling around as we made the album. Disco is dance music, first and foremost, and we were digging our way into the idea of this endless dance of bodies in nature. We were also very inspired by the space and community of a disco – a space of free self-expression through dance, fashion, and mode of being; where everyone was welcome, diversity was celebrated, and identity could be fluid; where the life force that animates each of us differently could flower.”
Stars Are The Light track list aand artwork:
1. Flying
2. Stars Are The Light
3. Fall In Your Love
4. The World And The Sun
5. Lost Heads
6. Eternal Shore
7. Eye 2 Eye
8. Fever Night
Catch Moon Duo on tour, all dates below (all tickets on sale Fri June 28th):
Oct 17 Ghent Videodroom
Oct 18 Krakow Małopolski Garden Of The Arts
Oct 20 Amsterdam Paradiso Noord
Oct 21 Berlin Volksbuhne
Oct 23 Zurich Bogen F
Oct 24 Vevey Rocking Chair
Oct 26 Angers Le Chabada
Oct 28 London EartH
Oct 29 Manchester Dancehouse
Oct 30 Liverpool Invisible Wind Factory
Oct 31 Glasgow BAAD
Nov 1 Birmingham The Crossing
Nov 2 Leeds Brudenell
Nov 4 Brighton St Bartholomew’s Church
Nov 5 Paris Petit Bain
Nov 9 Utrecht Le Guess Who
Nov 12 Brooklyn Music Hall of Williamsburg
Nov 13 Philly Underground Arts
Nov 14 Washington DC Rock & Roll Hotel
Nov 15 Kingston Raven Sings the Blues @ Kingston BSP
Nov 16 Montreal SAT
Nov 18 Toronto Longboat Hall
Nov 19 Detroit MOCAD
Nov 20 Chicago Thalia Hall
Nov 22 LA Lodge Room
Nov 25 Portland Wonder Ballroom
Nov 26 Seattle Neumos
Nov 27 Vancouver Hollywood
Stars Are The Light will be released on September 27th via Sacred Bones.