Band on the Rise: Make Moon @ Spaceland
Make Moon @ Troubadour
TSS first discovered Make Moon when they opened for Octopus Project at the Troubadour about three months back. Recently Tim Corbin “Dallas” and an acquaintance ventured to watch them perform at Silverlake’s Spaceland. Here is their collective accounts of the evening:
Upon first appearance, Spaceland’s stage seemed to be taken over by a time warped Viking/Pilgrim hybrid of a band. Were they going to raid and colonize Spaceland? Explore the North Western sea brink? Perhaps harvest some maize? Luckily for us they were there just here to play music, enter Make Moon a five man band lead by their very impressive singer/front man: Drew Morgan.
Paralleling Make Moon’s appearance is their sound which is just as unconventionally captivating. Listening to them reminds me of the theme for a video game just before you reach the final boss. The deceptive calm and composed sound just before the game explodes into a paradoxically blissful chaos. The band’s style is structured by swift and adroit guitar transitions, constant and sudden increases in tempo, and the charmingly vacant gauntness found in Drew’s voice.
Make Moon made for a solid live set; though I was unable to hear the backing vocals (probably a technical problem) the band executed a sound performance in terms of cohesiveness of song, keeping the audience’s interest, and overall originality. I must admit though, towards the middle of the set somewhere between “Lady V” and “Presque Vu” I failed to realize that the band had changed songs. My only critique is that perhaps their songs became a bit too cohesive in the middle of the set, or maybe I had just gotten distracted by the holographic images of talking heads projected behind them. Make Moon ended decisively with “Wine and Grapes”. The final guitar rift was quite entrancing, and appropriate in terms of their build up style, like slaying Dracula at the end of Castlevania or defeating Ganandorf and rescuing the princess in Zelda. Interpret them as you may Viking Pilgrim and all, Make Moon has much potential as a band on the rise.
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