Final Moonface LP, This One’s For The Dancer & This One’s For The Dancer’s Bouquet, out November 2nd via Jagjaguwar.
Today, Moonface shares new single ‘Minotaur Forgiving Knossos.’ Originally written in 2011, with vocals added in 2017, ‘Minotaur Forgiving Knossos’ was born of a collaboration between Spencer Krug and fellow percussionist Michael Bigelow. The lilting track features a lush arrangement of marimbas, vibraphone, steel drum and electronic drum pads, and is sung from the point of view of the Minotaur from Greek mythology. Here, the Minotaur addresses the people of Knossos, and tries to forgive them for the parties they throw, their laughter and dancing, while they know he is unjustly trapped in a labyrinth just beyond the palace walls.
Recorded at Breakglass Studios, ‘Minotaur Forgiving Knossos’ was engineered, mixed, and produced by The Besnard Lakes’ Jace Lasek.
‘Minotaur Forgiving Knossos’ follows the release of lead single, ‘Walk the Circle in the Other Direction,’ which you can listen to here. Spencer Krug’s forthcoming and final release under the Moonface moniker, This One’s For The Dancer & This One’s For The Dancer’s Bouquet, is out November 2nd via Jagjaguwar.
Listen to ‘Minotaur Forgiving Knossos’ –
Since 2010, Moonface has been the name under which Canadian musician Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown) explores his more experimental side, in both solo and collaborative works. This One’s For The Dancer & This One’s For The Dancer’s Bouquet is an experimental, amorphous listen, oscillating between jazzier meditations and frenetic rock imbued with marimbas, xylophones, and steel drum. It’s made up of two distinct yet connected ideas; the music is culled from two separate projects, each with different collaborators, recorded in different studios, in different towns, in different years. The songs are sung from two completely different standpoints, blended into one long, single album. Half of the songs were written from the point of view of the Minotaur from Greek mythology, the other half written from Krug’s own perspective.
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