Half Moon Run
Emotional, expansive, ethereal Montreal-based indie rockers Half Moon Run combine elemental alt-pop atmospherics with richly detailed, harmony-laden modern folk. The quartet of multi-instrumentalists rose to prominence in the early half of the 2010s with a pair of gold- and platinum-selling albums that evoked the lush sonic worldbuilding of Other Lives, Alt-J, and Fleet Foxes. They continued to find favor with audiences and critics alike with 2020's Juno Award-winning A Blemish in the Great Light and 2023's stripped-down and inward-looking Salt, the latter of which saw the band operating as a trio.
Formed in 2010 around the talents of vocalists and multi-instrumentalists Devon Portielje, Conner Molander, Dylan Phillips, and Isaac Symonds, the Canadian group released their gold-selling debut, the Indica Records-issued Dark Eyes, in 2012. Propelled by the hit single "Full Circle," the album was released internationally the following year and peaked at number eight on the Canadian pop chart. Sun Leads Me On, the band's sophomore studio long-player, followed in 2015, this time hitting a number four peak and eventually going platinum on the strength of the hit single "Trust." Half Moon Run continued to tour occasionally over the next few years, returning in 2019 with the dynamic and percussive single "Then Again," which appeared on their third full-length offering, A Blemish in the Great Night. The LP won Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the 2020 Juno Awards.
Isaac Symonds left the band and moved to Western Canada shortly after the album's release, making his last studio appearance on the 2020 EP Seasons of Change. A second EP, Inwards & Onwards, arrived in 2022. The band kicked off 2023 with the singles "Alco" and "Everybody's Moving Out East," which appeared on the full-length Salt later that year. Penned during the COVID-19 pandemic, the album tapped into the social and political anxieties of the times while maintaining a through line of hope and perseverance.
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Discography
20 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Salt
Alternative & Indie - Released by BMG Rights Mgmt (Canada) LLC on Jun 2, 2023
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Dark Eyes
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Mar 21, 2023
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Sun Leads Me On
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Mar 21, 2023
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Seasons of Change
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Music LLC on Jul 17, 2020
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Inwards & Onwards
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Music LLC on Jun 18, 2021
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A Blemish in the Great Light
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Nov 1, 2019
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Everyone's Moving Out East
Alternative & Indie - Released by BMG Rights Mgmt (Canada) LLC on May 18, 2023
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adore u (Live from the Treehouse)
Alternative & Indie - Released by BMG Rights Mgmt (Canada) LLC on Oct 23, 2023
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Alco
Alternative & Indie - Released by BMG Rights Mgmt (Canada) LLC on Apr 20, 2023
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You Can Let Go
Alternative & Indie - Released by BMG Rights Mgmt (Canada) LLC on Mar 3, 2023
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Live from the Treehouse (Live from the Treehouse)
Alternative & Indie - Released by BMG Rights Mgmt (Canada) LLC on Mar 21, 2024
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9beat (Live from the Treehouse)
Alternative & Indie - Released by BMG Rights Mgmt (Canada) LLC on Nov 22, 2023
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The Covideo Sessions
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Music LLC on Sep 4, 2020
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Fatal Line
1969 Collective, Half Moon Run
Folk - Released by Connor Seidel on Mar 10, 2022
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On & On
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Music LLC on Apr 28, 2021
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Crawl Back In (Live from the Treehouse)
Alternative & Indie - Released by BMG Rights Mgmt (Canada) LLC on Dec 22, 2023
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Can't Stop Loving You (Live from the Treehouse)
Alternative & Indie - Released by BMG Rights Mgmt (Canada) LLC on Feb 29, 2024
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Sun Leads Me on
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Entertainment Group LLC on Mar 21, 2023
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How Come My Body
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Music LLC on Mar 18, 2021
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Jello on my Mind (more sugar mix)
Alternative & Indie - Released by Glassnote Music LLC on Jun 26, 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo