Friday, March 22, 2019

“Before” by Wolf & Moon – A Song Feature


     Their song “Before” shines a spotlight onto the travel appetite and musical tastes of Wolf & Moon, a Berlin-based duo. Lyrically, “Before” is a suggestion to travel to “a place we’ve never been, a place we’ve never seen before.” Fittingly, they refer to themselves as modern day storytelling nomads. In fact, Stef and Dennis met in the Netherlands, where Stef thought it might be fun to take Dennis with her on a trip to the US to explore the country while playing music together.

      Musically, “Before” is a blend of Folk, Pop and Electronica. The melody is intelligently catchy. But the most interesting aspect of the song is the contrast of unadorned, unprocessed vocals (fitting of Folk) against periodic entrances of an invigorating (highly reverberated?) electric guitar. The first entrance is a brief slide (at 1:35) leading to the energizing seven-note hook. Until then, the song is driven by vocals and the bass.

     Wolf & Moon’s debut album “Before It Gets Dark” was released on AdP Records in January of 2019, with much excitement from the German press. Now, BonFire Records proudly announces the launch of a US, UK, Canada and French “extended cut” of the album, featuring bonus material like B-sides and acoustic versions (the Spotify stream is included at the bottom of this post). According to press material with which we agree, “Before It Gets Dark” lives within the dichotomy of their voices and marries dreamy Indie Folk with electronic sprinkles.”

     In the past year, Wolf & Moon have toured Australia, UK, Ireland and Germany in support of their music and as part of their creative process. They had seven showcase performances at this year's SXSW Festival in Austin, as well as gigs at Sofar Sounds in Houston and The Mercy Lounge in Nashville.

     “Before” by Wolf & Moon


Lyrics of “Before” by Wolf & Moon
Let’s go back to
Place we haven’t been
Place we haven’t been before

All these memories
Tasting better now
Better than they have before

And all these melodies
We were singing out
Singing like we were young

So, let’s go back to
A place we’ve never seen
Place we never seen before

Before it’s going
Before it’s going
Before it’s going
To get dark

Before it’s going
Before we’re growing
Before it’s going
To get dark

Before it’s going
Before we’re growing
Before we know
How we end up

So!
Let’s go back to
A place we never been
Place we haven’t seen before

All these memories
Tasting better now
Better than they have before

And all these melodies
We were singing out
Singing like they were young

So, let’s go back to
A place we never been
A place we never seen before

Before it’s going
Before it’s going
Before it’s going
To get dark

Before it’s going
Before we’re growing
Before it’s going
To get dark

Before it’s going
Before we’re growing
Before we know
How we end up

So!
Let’s go back to
A place we never been
A place we haven’t seen before

All these memories
Tasting better now
Better than they have before

All these melodies
We were singing out
Singing like we were young

So, let’s go back to
A place we never been
A place we never seen before

Let’s go back to
A place we never been
A place we never seen before

All these memories
Tasting better now
Better than they have before

     “Braver Dreamer” by Wolf & Moon


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