STARS ARE THE LIGHT

Still, we had the music that we liked and we listen to, even if it wasn't our time musically.

Not saying that Moon Duo have anything to do with the 80s except they do have a LOT of heavy synth and drum sequences.

MOON DUO have this way of combining the past 5 decades in a richly seasoned veggie soup (probably vegan to be honest). Its not lentil and there is no deliberate incense. They didn't appear to decide on an era perhaps or a decade they just created a magnificent collage of the past 50 years in one rounded album STARS ARE THE LIGHT.

What they do have however, is a deliciously warm rounded sound that pulls you in. From the first track 'Flying' i felt that I had been lured into a weird disco where everyone was cycling their hips all together like they were doing the time warp.

Ahh!! "Stars are Light' the 2nd track released me from that awful disco and i suddenly felt i was at a party and everyone was dressed up like the band Yazoo (or Yaz in the US). Very dreamy and light and pleasant. Made me thirsty for some unknown reason.

'Fall (In Your Love)' WOW! Now were talking jungle baby. I got totally absorbed in this Tarentino-esque movie walking down some dusty road. This would have been a favorite at the London Whirligig back in the early 90s. Great beats and throbbing bass line. Hints of reggae and trance.

'The World and the Son' is the 4th dreamy track, still with the driving bass line and sub synth and lots of effects. This one certainly keeps you in the mood for chilling out and letting the whole thing take you away, almost trance like and wonderful.

5th Track is 'Lost Heads' and by this time my head was feeling lost, which I was quite happy about to be honest. This is where you can go to the spirit in the sky and not worry about it whatsoever.

'Eternal Shore" It must be wake up time for this little round-a-bout 60s throw back and i was half expecting the Wickerman to appear on the horizon! I really got into this subtle and simple tune and had a great time moving around with the sweet guitar riding on the storm.

BOOM! TRACK NUMBER 7 ... 7 BABY. Now were really going somewhere.

'Eye 2 Eye'

AWAY from the subliminal dream and back into reality all be it refreshed from the prior 6 tracks. Now I am really cruising with my old favs and loving every moment of the Hawkwind-Ozric feel to this bold track, even Kravitz would have been like, "dude you should have called me coz ida played the guitar on that one man".

It has a rock poppy edge which kind of works. I actually first heard this track while shopping in a mall. It was blaring out to the unsuspecting shoppers who were like, what is this weird stuff their playing in here.

The last Track 'Fever Night' finally brings you back into real life and you realize that you had somehow picked up Marc Bolan on the way back but didn't know how, but you're 'OK with it' as he's pretty cool,

As is MOON DUO who have really stepped things up with this great album, and in my opinion, their best to date.

It really is refreshing to find a band you never heard of before and go through all their albums and get to enjoy listening to them more and more and appreciate what they do.

An EXCELLENT album and would do well on any playlist.

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