Moon Saloon - MARK ST
MOON SALOON RELEASES DEBUT EP ‘MARK ST’
Brisbane-based dream-pop artist Moon Saloon, aka Charlie Grainger, recently released her debut EP, MARK ST. Produced by Jarryd Shuker and mixed by Chris Collins and Blake Malone, the EP features “tape-delayed guitars, fuzzy synths, and catchy rhythms.”
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According to Moon Saloon’s Bandcamp page, “MARK ST pays homage to a season of Charlie’s life in her home town of Brisbane when she and some of her close friends lived next door to each other. The album is a nostalgic recollection of events and emotions; from the inhabiting project of growing wheat together in the backyard to saying farewell as they all moved away. Emphasizing the beauty and ache of connection between people and places, MARK ST is an honest baring of the soul.”
The EP contains five-tracks, beginning with “Mothers Words,” a soft glistening tune topped by Grainger’s deliciously crystalline voice, suffusing the lyrics with tender emotions. When the harmonics escalate, the song takes on glimmering textures and soft-serve vocal tones, scrumptiously smooth and ethereal.
“I hold on to my mother’s words / She knows more than I’ll ever learn / Saying “Hold on child keep in the light / Even when the sun sets into night.”
Grainger’s dulcet voice is exquisite, glowing with animated layers of hues and sonic nuances.
“Magpies” delivers thicker pop flavors, as well as a pronounced beat. Tasty sleazy synths and skiffing guitars infuse the tune with tantalizing textures.
“Saying These Goodbyes” opens on elegant colors presented by shimmering guitars. The warm feel of the undulating rhythm imbues the harmonics with mesmerizing supple ripples, luscious with delightful arcs of sound. Grainger’s dulcet voice is exquisite, glowing with animated layers of hues and sonic nuances.
“Sometimes I wanna know and call you on the phone just to listen / Is your voice still the same? I don't know why it would sound different / We both know it's not easy choosing whether to go or stay / But you got a plane to a city where you saw a better future played.”
“Orange City” exudes low-slung radiant gestures of coloration, as Grainger’s translucent voice gives the lyrics wistful washes of timbres, enflamed with dreamy warmth and fondness. “Heartache” travels on hushed tones topping austere luminous guitars flowing into gauzy iridescent tape-delayed guitars, while Grainger’s sumptuous voice raises goosebumps on the back of your neck.
MARK ST is gorgeous dream-pop, chock-full of burnished restraint and delicacy of sonic allusion, all crowned by the glorious voice of Moon Saloon.
