To this point San Franciscan duo Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada have been better known for making music to listen to with the blinds pulled down, a catalogue influenced by the likes of Suicide, post punk and the darker end of 60’s psychedlia.
For the sessions that produced Stars Are The Light the pair relocated to a rural complex in Portugal – and the change of location has had a profoundly upbeat effect on their music, bringing adding notable Balearic influences, best experienced on the sun-dappled opener Flying.
Sanae has admitted that the pair have used the freedom of early disco as a template for what is a startling departure, but it’s Lost Heads and Eye 2 on which they’re at their most expansive, both resembling the louche dream-pop of Air’s seminal Moon Safari.
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Moon Duo records are always quite enjoyable, in my humble opinion anyway.
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This one was a real departure !
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