Album Review

Although the name of our site being moontheory.net could be lead to it being construed as biased towards the band known as Moon Theory when it comes to an album review, this actually could not be farther from the truth. In order to avoid this, we will actually make reference to an actual album review that can be found online so as to maintain objectivity and leave the analysis to impartial third parties.

For example Kurt Morris, in his All Music Guide album review notes that the sound of Moon Theory can be easily related to several better known artists like Garbage, Bjork, Morcheeba and Portishead, especially when it comes to the combination of trip hop and female vocals. He goes on to observe a couple of polarizing facets of this album, such as the fact that while some tracks are quite aggressive, others are more mellow and sensual. He also points out that the lyrical content ranges from almost Christian to angry rants against consumerism and media manipulation. He concluded his album review by stating that the mix was interesting and provided a firm starting point for Moon Theory to expand upon.

On the other hand, Connie Hartmann from the cluas.com website wrote in her album review that from the first track there was nothing new to be found, and that lead singer Kaeti O'Ghara tries unsuccessfully to come across as a bad girl. Not all of her album review was bad news though, as she thought that songs like "Hunger", "Momentary" and "Ruins" worked well and were easier to assimilate, with subtle electronic garnishes and O'Ghara's voices freely flowing and echoing throughout. Not unlike Mr Morris, she could also tell apart the two sides of this album, one dark with grinding metal and cursing vocals, the other lighter with electronic bliss and soulful interludes.

Finally, the customer album reviews at amazon.com have a few interesting things to say, for instance that Moon Theory is a breath of fresh air in a world of repetitive downtempo music, that the production is tight, hip, and hypnotic with socially relevant lyrics and powerful imagery, or that the singer has a good voice that is enhanced with effects to make sound more sensual and cool. Another customer album review from the same site say that the lyrics are mystical, intelligent, trippy and beautiful, while the singer's voice is strong yet vulnerable; while yet another stated that the vocals are amazing and the songs are soft, bluesy and then brash and forthcoming all at the same time.

As can be seen, this album though not perfect was at the very least experimental and innovative, while still retaining enough familiar themes to be embraced by fans. We at moontheory.net would say that the general album review response was positive, so hopefully this will encourage you to grab a copy of this Moon Theory record and give it a few listens.