It’s been a while. It’s interesting how things shift around in the music industry, from the heady days of selling singles by the million through the artistic era of conceptual albums and back again. We’re hoping with the 61 Moons project to throw back to the conceptual albums we each love from our early listening years. The three of us are old enough to have experienced vinyl, the classic albums, picked up cheaply in off the beaten track record stores. We hope you too one day get to flip through thousands of records pausing when you find something interesting, exciting and old, but new to you.
Vinyl has a curious and mechanical aesthetic which people are starting, once again, to grow fond of. Why wouldn’t you grow fond of a machine so beautifully designed as a record player? It slows you down, stops your life briefly and compels you to pause and listen. It’s good zen. You can’t carry a record player around whilst you shop or wait for a train. There’s no shuffle, there’s no fast forward or rewind, and the only interruption comes from reaching the end of side one.
A lot of enthusiasts argue until they’re blue in the face that vinyl albums are higher quality than CDs or digital files. Making any argument having invested a lot of money in equipment is always slightly shaky, but there’s certainly a point to be made for the investment in a listening space in your life, whatever the medium or budget.
In making this EP we had all these things in mind. We set out with the goal to create a modern take on a conceptual album which would have a theme or connection running throughout the songs, possibly with a back story to lurk behind the scenes. Being SciFi nerds it seemed like an obvious choice to create something which appealed to our star-struck inner child.
So when you grab your copy of the EP we have but one special request. Set aside 16 minutes of your life, press play, sit back and relax, do absolutely nothing else. Breathe deeply and listen…..
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Quick Q&As…
So why the EP?
We’ve had a lot of request to hurry up with releases, so we’ve decided to share an EP of four tracks from the 61 moons project. We didn’t really choose these tracks so much as they did us. They came together and play well together so it made a lot of sense to put them out as an EP. They’re very much an indication of the other tracks from the album, so if you’re into the EP you’ll also enjoy the complete album.
What genre is the EP?
No idea. We could make something up for you if it’d make you feel better or spur a discussion? Ad Astra shoots to the sky sprinkling fragments of orchestral synth rock, Flesh falls from the moving vehicle of rap and does an electronica forward roll, OTM tweaks the nose of DubStep, whilst Ulko shares a beer with ambient downtempo electronica 
What about Stop?
If you love Stop and want more songs like Stop you’ll have to wait a while. We have a collaboration project under way, but it’ll be a while in the making. See this as an enjoyable musical interlude in the meantime.
What is 61 moons and where can I find this back story?
We’re actually writing a short story to go along with the album, we’ll figure out a way to share it with you when it’s ready.
(post your additional questions here, we promise to answer everyone 
