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Richly detailed, alternately rugged and studio slick, the airy and expressive debut album from Montreal's Half Moon Run is caught somewhere between the pastoral, harmony-laden northwoods folk of Fleet Foxes, the hazy classic rock meanderings of Band of Horses, and the soulful midnight din of Alt-J and Jeff Buckley. Formed via a craigslist ad, the band's internal anonymity is hardly relative with regard to its cohesiveness, as each track on the brainy yet intuitive Dark Eyes sounds like the sum of its parts, but there is enough space between those parts to suggest a sort of unspoken agreement to avoid any sort of showboating. This predilection for musical mindfulness is best exemplified by album opener "Full Circle," a carefully tiered, slow-burn brooder that churns along like a river swollen with menace, and then manages to explode without any sort of real violence. The effect is surprisingly and elegantly dramatic, and when Half Moon Run mine this particular cadence, as they do on standout cuts like "No More Losing the War," "Fire Escape," and "Give Up," the latter of which sounds like it morphed out of the early moments of Radiohead's "Paranoid Android," they cast a spell that can prove difficult to break free of. That elegance is retained on more mellifluous offerings like the breezy "Call Me in the Afternoon" and the multi-layered, electro-pop-kissed closer, "21 Gun Salute," both of which lean harder toward the Alt-J side of the equation, but they lack the command of atmosphere and sense of purpose that drive the darker numbers.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
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Ruadhri Cushnan, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nygel Asselin, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Conner Molander, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Phillips, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Lagacé, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Ruadhri Cushnan, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Shaw, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Morey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Conner Molander, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Phillips, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Lagacé, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Shaw, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Morey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nygel Asselin, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Conner Molander, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Phillips, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Russell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Daniel Lagacé, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shawn Cole, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean McLean Carrie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Ord, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Layne Frank, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Peter Watkins, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Shaw, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Morey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nygel Asselin, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Conner Molander, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Phillips, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Jonathan M. Fox, ComposerLyricist - Chris Russell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Daniel Lagacé, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shawn Cole, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean McLean Carrie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Ord, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Layne Frank, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Peter Watkins, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Shaw, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Morey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nygel Asselin, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Conner Molander, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Phillips, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Russell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Daniel Lagacé, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shawn Cole, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean McLean Carrie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Ord, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Layne Frank, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Peter Watkins, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Chartré, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Shaw, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Morey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Conner Molander, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Phillips, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Brigitte Dajczer, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Lagacé, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Chartré, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Shaw, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Morey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nygel Asselin, Producer - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Conner Molander, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Phillips, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Lagacé, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Ruadhri Cushnan, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jim Eno, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Morey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Conner Molander, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Phillips, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Isaac Symonds, ComposerLyricist - Tosca String Quartet, Strings, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Shaw, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Morey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Conner Molander, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Phillips, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Lagacé, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Shaw, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Morey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nygel Asselin, Producer - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Conner Molander, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Phillips, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Lagacé, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Shaw, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Morey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nygel Asselin, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Conner Molander, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Phillips, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Russell, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sean McLean Carrie, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Scott Ord, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Layne Frank, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - James Peter Watkins, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2013 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Vlado Meller, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Shaw, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ryan Morey, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Producer, Drums, Engineer, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Conner Molander, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Dylan Phillips, Producer, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Babette Hayward, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Daniel Lagacé, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Thomas Chartré, Cello, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Album review
Richly detailed, alternately rugged and studio slick, the airy and expressive debut album from Montreal's Half Moon Run is caught somewhere between the pastoral, harmony-laden northwoods folk of Fleet Foxes, the hazy classic rock meanderings of Band of Horses, and the soulful midnight din of Alt-J and Jeff Buckley. Formed via a craigslist ad, the band's internal anonymity is hardly relative with regard to its cohesiveness, as each track on the brainy yet intuitive Dark Eyes sounds like the sum of its parts, but there is enough space between those parts to suggest a sort of unspoken agreement to avoid any sort of showboating. This predilection for musical mindfulness is best exemplified by album opener "Full Circle," a carefully tiered, slow-burn brooder that churns along like a river swollen with menace, and then manages to explode without any sort of real violence. The effect is surprisingly and elegantly dramatic, and when Half Moon Run mine this particular cadence, as they do on standout cuts like "No More Losing the War," "Fire Escape," and "Give Up," the latter of which sounds like it morphed out of the early moments of Radiohead's "Paranoid Android," they cast a spell that can prove difficult to break free of. That elegance is retained on more mellifluous offerings like the breezy "Call Me in the Afternoon" and the multi-layered, electro-pop-kissed closer, "21 Gun Salute," both of which lean harder toward the Alt-J side of the equation, but they lack the command of atmosphere and sense of purpose that drive the darker numbers.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:25
- Main artists: Half Moon Run
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2013 Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC ℗ 2013 Interscope Records
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