Back in the hazy days of 2020 I stumbled across this amazing album called Fake Flowers Never Die by Geography of the Moon. The band is a collaboration between singer/pianist Virginia Bones and multi-instrumentalist /producer Andrea AKA Santa Pazienza. After touring for several years, they moved back to Glasgow where Andrea’s family is originally from. Largely influenced by bands from the 80s and the 90s, somewhere between psych rock, post punk, new wave and indie rock, they create their own brand of mashed up styles: Psychwave if you will.
Lyrically they come at their music with real purpose. Every word matters. How each word is said or sung matters. Ultimately this is great poetry set to great music. The perfect marriage.
Since then, the band have upped sticks and been travelling almost constantly. They have played over 450 live shows since the end of Covid restrictions, honing and refining their songs and sound.
Which brings us to their latest release. They have just dropped ‘Pick It Up (And Put It Down)’ accompanied by a guerrilla shot video by Boris Meshkov on the streets of Bangkok in Thailand.
The track opens on a stuttering bass with the lyrics talking about the importance of recognising we have one life and to live it to the full, experiencing this amazing world before we’re gone. As always, the delivery swings from spoken word to singing which is Geography of the Moons signature style. The guitar sympathetic to that vocal delivery throughout delivering the dynamics with surgical precision. Check out the video to see what I mean.
‘Pick It Up (And Put It Down)’ is out now and is the second single to be released that will feature on their upcoming album Aberdeen-Hiroshima. For my review of previous single ‘Sometimes’ follow this link.
Head over to the Geography of the Moon Bandcamp page to find out more and support their great music.
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