One of my favorite San Francisco groups, Moon Duo, announced their newest release (and full-length debut) Mazes today. Like the bizarrely warm weather we've been experiencing here, this news makes me excited for the end of winter and the beginning of long months of sun- Moon Duo's previous EP releases of mellow-yet-propulsive hazy psych were the perfect jamming soundtrack for last summer (Mazes comes out just before the sunny season, on April 18th). The title track, released today as part of the announcement, promises that Mazes will mostly be the same Moon Duo we know and love. It features the same motorik beat, the sustained keyboards, the rising and falling outer-space guitar that carries the music through the cosmos.... but in a more energized form than Moon Duo's previous releases. The chords are a little brighter, a little more upbeat; the vocals are more clear, less hidden by reverb, than older Moon Duo tracks. However, these slight differences do not fundamentally change the overall vibe- I think this bodes well for their debut.
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