‘Renewal’, the standout single from Mighty Jupiter & The Mooncake Band’s seminal LP Compelled Enjoyable for the Simply OK Life, is a kaleidoscopic odyssey into the Latvian indie mission’s self-styled “Shoehaze” sound.
The psychonautic journey delivered by the hazy tonal bliss is the right introduction to their signature type. Hushed and honeyed vocals harmonise over psyched-out Shoegaze tones, making a cathartic tunnel of transcendence that melodically strips the burden out of your soul, delivering precisely what the title guarantees.
The monitor swirls with mind-melting hallucinogenic colors as Anton “Jupiter” Marchenko—multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer—leads his ensemble via mesmerising progressions. The ambiance echoes the magnetically soulful attraction of Grandaddy, the vortex-like pull of The Telescopes, and the avant-garde grace of Portishead, proving Renewal’s skill to attach on an virtually metaphysical degree.
Constructing on parts of baroque pop, blues rock, punk, indietronica, and pop, the band crafts lush, atmospheric soundscapes that push the boundaries of recent indie. Their debut LP, recorded in Riga and mastered in London’s Metropolis and AIR Studios, has earned excessive reward for its daring, distinctive course.
Renewal is a testomony to the emotionally charged artistry Mighty Jupiter & The Mooncake Band have cultivated, inviting listeners right into a sonic sanctuary the place the burden of actuality is dissolved. It’s solely a matter of time earlier than Mighty Jupiter & The Mooncake Band are making main worldwide waves with their seraphic partitions of sound.
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Evaluation by Amelia Vandergast