Hay On Wye, UK based Instrumental Psychedelic Space Rock act Moon Goose published the official video for the first single “2023 AD” taken from upcoming new album “Murmurations” due out on January 27, 2024 via Fruits de Mer Records and Inflatable Tarmac Records. Watch the video through the youTube player below:
“Murmurations” is the band’s fourth album, written, recorded and mixed in 2023. The songs are conceived when we meet on dark icy nights, disturbing the quietness of the Welsh countryside nights with our spontaneous and unrestricted turmoil. Recorded and mixed at Twin Peaks Studio, Wales, by Adam Fuest (Mott the Hoople, Babyshambles, The Cure) and published by Fruits de Mer Records and Inflatable Tarmac Records.
“Moon Goose put Space, Psych, Prog and Motorik in a bag, shook it, poked it, burned it, then spread the ashes from the top of the Welsh Mountains with the wind in their face until their eyes were crying black tears.“
“Murmurations” will be released on Pink Vinyl (x300), Digipak CD and available on all streaming platforms on 27/01/24. We will also do a short run of boxsets to stack all the Moon Goose albums in one hand printed black box, to be sold either with all the albums, or empty for the old fans.Murmurations is available for Pre-Order on Bandcamp: https://moongoosecult.bandcamp.com/album/murmurations
“2023 AD” is Moon Goose‘s first Christmas Song. It’s a twisted portrait of the grim year we’ve just had as seen through a slightly distorted cheese lens, opening the door to fantasised images of fairies and monsters alongside the usual faces that populate our media channels. This is one of three tracks that are not instrumental on the album, which is quite unusual for the band, but brings another dimension to the preaching of the Goose. Now you will get the whole story at last and not just the implied journey of the song titles..
“Murmurations” describe a natural phenomenon in which a large group of starlings fly in unison using complex laws of movement depending on the relative birds around each individual. This behaviour can be observed on land in herds and under the sea in schools of fish. They are the natural answer of the collective facing a common danger. What seems to be engineered by the mind of one leader is actually generated by every individual’s awareness of the group, working together towards their collective fate. There must be a lesson there. Moon Geese (mean geese) murmurations are very rare because there aren’t any predators on the Moon except for a few quickly gone humans and a couple multilingual slow bots on wheels.
The eight tracks featured in “Murmurations” were whispered by the Barn to the band on dark, icy nights, disturbing the quietness of the Welsh countryside with unrestricted turmoil.
Moon Goose put Space, Psych, Prog, and Motorik in a bag, shook it, poked it, and burned it, then spread the ashes from the top of the Welsh Mountains with the wind in their faces until their eyes were crying black tears.
Tracklist:
01. 2023 AD
02. Last Flight of the Moon Goose
03. Cheese Lens
04. Rhesus David
05. Cloud of Eyeballs
06. Compressed Hairstyles of the New Settlers
7. Geese in a Dinghy
8. Shisha Shanti (alt. version)