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The Montreal group's third full-length effort, A Blemish in the Great Night sees Half Moon Run continuing to push their sound forward with a dynamic 13-track set of crafty indie pop confections that are both easy to digest and curiously barbed. Far removed from their indie folk origins, the band explored a more polished, studio-forward sound on 2015's excellent Sun Leads Me On, a predilection they take to with even more gusto this time around. There's a pronounced warmth behind the crisp and clean production, especially on early album gems "Flesh and Blood" and "Natural Disaster," both of which highlight the group's immaculate harmonies. Pairing Beatlesque melodicism, breezy West Coast Americana, and glossy '80s pop works wonders on the prog-tinged "Razorblade" and the elegiac U2-meets-"Chicago"-era Sufjan Stevens-inspired closer "New Truth"; if we're going to keep drawing comparisons, then the sultry and silly sex romp "Jello on My Mind" owes a tip of the hat to Cheap Trick's "Mandocello." Only the folksy "Yani's Song" harkens back to the group's more homespun genesis, but the likable A Blemish in the Great Night, despite housing some significant lyrical undercurrents of discord, retains enough residual heat to keep your feet warm, like a thin wool blanket designed for mild evenings.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
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Joe Chiccarelli, Producer, Engineer - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Composer - Conner Molander, Composer - Dylan Phillips, Composer - Isaac Symonds, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO STRANGE LOOP MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC (P) 2019 Half Moon Run under exclusive license to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Joe Chiccarelli, Producer, Engineer - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Composer - Conner Molander, Composer - Dylan Phillips, Composer, Arranger - Isaac Symonds, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO STRANGE LOOP MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC (P) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Joe Chiccarelli, Producer, Engineer - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Composer - Conner Molander, Composer - Dylan Phillips, Composer - Isaac Symonds, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO STRANGE LOOP MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC (P) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Joe Chiccarelli, Producer, Engineer - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Composer - Conner Molander, Composer - Dylan Phillips, Composer - Isaac Symonds, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO STRANGE LOOP MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC (P) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Joe Chiccarelli, Producer, Engineer - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Composer - Conner Molander, Composer - Dylan Phillips, Composer - Isaac Symonds, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO STRANGE LOOP MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC (P) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Joe Chiccarelli, Producer, Engineer - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Composer - Conner Molander, Composer - Dylan Phillips, Composer - Isaac Symonds, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO STRANGE LOOP MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC (P) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Joe Chiccarelli, Producer, Engineer - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Composer - Conner Molander, Composer - Dylan Phillips, Composer - Isaac Symonds, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO STRANGE LOOP MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC (P) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Half Moon Run, Producer, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Composer - Conner Molander, Composer - Dylan Phillips, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Isaac Symonds, Composer - Nyles Spencer, Engineer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO STRANGE LOOP MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC (P) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Joe Chiccarelli, Producer - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Composer - Conner Molander, Composer - Dylan Phillips, Composer - Isaac Symonds, Composer - Nyles Spencer, Engineer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO STRANGE LOOP MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC (P) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Joe Chiccarelli, Producer, Engineer - Half Moon Run, MainArtist - Devon Portielje, Composer - Conner Molander, Composer - Dylan Phillips, Composer - Isaac Symonds, Composer - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO KMR MUSIC ROYALTIES II SCSP, MusicPublisher - KOBALT MUSIC PUB AMERICA I OBO STRANGE LOOP MUSIC PUBLISHING, MusicPublisher
(C) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC (P) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
Album review
The Montreal group's third full-length effort, A Blemish in the Great Night sees Half Moon Run continuing to push their sound forward with a dynamic 13-track set of crafty indie pop confections that are both easy to digest and curiously barbed. Far removed from their indie folk origins, the band explored a more polished, studio-forward sound on 2015's excellent Sun Leads Me On, a predilection they take to with even more gusto this time around. There's a pronounced warmth behind the crisp and clean production, especially on early album gems "Flesh and Blood" and "Natural Disaster," both of which highlight the group's immaculate harmonies. Pairing Beatlesque melodicism, breezy West Coast Americana, and glossy '80s pop works wonders on the prog-tinged "Razorblade" and the elegiac U2-meets-"Chicago"-era Sufjan Stevens-inspired closer "New Truth"; if we're going to keep drawing comparisons, then the sultry and silly sex romp "Jello on My Mind" owes a tip of the hat to Cheap Trick's "Mandocello." Only the folksy "Yani's Song" harkens back to the group's more homespun genesis, but the likable A Blemish in the Great Night, despite housing some significant lyrical undercurrents of discord, retains enough residual heat to keep your feet warm, like a thin wool blanket designed for mild evenings.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:25
- Main artists: Half Moon Run
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
(C) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC (P) 2019 Half Moon Run under Exclusive License to Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC
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