Album Review: Moon Honey Confront “Mixed Media On Women”

How we portray someone is how we see them. This may seem inherently obvious, but we live in a world that fights connecting the dots of its own truth; as if to say that actions and descriptions mean nothing to results when compared to intentions. In Moon Honey’s Mixed Media on Women, the duo confront how the world can say women are loved, respected, and protected when media sexualizes them.

It is said that, “Sex sells,” but, to Moon Honey, only women are being sold. Compared to men, most films and tv shows that have or imply nudity, usually, do so with women’s bodies. The eagerness to display us as naked, physically, but not to show such bareness or revelation in portraying our minds, hearts, and souls does mean something.  “White Satin, ”Myopia,” “Two of Cups,” and “Mask Maker” sound like photographs: rhythms being pictured to analyze how we picture. For a group that describes their music genre as “Magic!,” this feels right. Their soundscapes are as imaginative spellbinding, childhood tales like Alice in Wonderland or Peter Pan. Yet, their verses and messages are pure Grimm. 

With Jess Joy leading vocally, Moon Honey casts potions and elixirs over listeners. Her voice feels like a euphoric, higher being that has been tied down for being a “different creature.” Her etherealness carries the emotional weights of her words to exemplify how women are divinity held down, and media is to blame. If you purport sex as a defining factor or sole, female purpose, using images to solidify this idea, then it leads to actions. People believe what they see more than they challenge it, but Moon Honey use Mixed Media on Women to challenge vision as an excuse of impetus. At the end of the day, even if you see women as objects, does that merit such indignity? 

From “Life Has No Meaning” to “Two Sisters,” Moon Honey call the need for humanity to consistently rise, not just in resistance, but respect. At the end of the day, there is a basic sense and rule of kindness that their instrumentals warp through with a seemingly universal grace.  For More Information On Moon Honey And To Buy  Mixed Media on Women on September 28 Click Here.