The summer return of Music Monday! Find out what the CL Music Team is jamming to rocket launch the work week. Click here to check out previous entries.
Gabe – Willy Moon, Here’s Willy Moon (Universal Island Records, 2013)
Been digging the debut album from 23-year-old New Zealander Willy Moon this week. Willy is quite an anomaly; at first glace he resembles a Crispin Glover-lookalike/David Lynch film actor. Musically, it gets a little stranger…on first listen, it almost seems as if his primary inspirations are Nick Cave and Justin Timberlake. Mr. Moon effortlessly switches from dark readings of blues covers (“Shakin’,” “I Put a Spell On You”) to straight-up thumping dance-pop. The 12-song album clocks in at just under a half-hour and never loses any steam or momentum. Moon caught the eye of Jack White, who in turn put two of Moon’s tracks to wax and released a vinyl 45 on his own Third Man record label. I have a feeling Willy Moon will be grabbing lots more attention in the near future thanks to his unique look, his indescribable music style (or styles) and his complete and utter disregard for convention. Check out first single "Yeah Yeah" after the jump along with the rest of this week's entries.
This article appears in May 30 – Jun 5, 2013.