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You ever see the ending of romantic film? Why do I even ask? We all know that scene where the guy runs through the airport or traffic trying to reach his lover just before she leaves for good/the weekend. He runs with an urgency as if any move she makes without knowing he loves her is a move that is incomplete. He has the love that will hold her gently as she holds herself up. Does that sound beautiful and epic? Well, Lo Moon’s lead singer Matt Lowell is that guy, and plays for the movie endings of love.

Lowell appears on stage under the neon mist like a man singing to his love. I’ve never seen mist be a friend to anyone more that Lowell. This is strange statement, but I say it because the light bloom upon him as if they are really spotlighting his vocals. HE stands centerstage with his guitar, and grabs the mic towards his face as if to kiss it with his voice. Every time he is about to sing an emotion, he draws it closer; making my “kiss” analogy spot on. When you play your instrument and present your vocals with an intimacy, it draws out the “love” space of your music. For Lo Moon, love is an odyssey of which even the Greeks had a hard time mustering. It can build dreams, cause wars, and turn a hero into a villain and vice versa. Thus, Lowell’s dominant presence on the stage brings out the “epic-ness” of Lo Moon’s love purveyors persona. Moreover, their sound feels bigger live.

Lo Moon – Loveless (Visual)

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Not many artists can say that they sound bigger in concert. Sure, we can argue that someone sounds better, but bigger seems like a new, unique concept. Lo Moon’s synth-waves come off like actual waves surging through the audience’s minds and ears. Their keys and chords go forth and recede back like life’s ocean upon the sands of our spirits. The result is a sonic sensory experience that is distinctly spiritual. You almost want to cry by how big life appears before you and through Lowell’s vocals, which carry their own wavy mysticism. He too knows how to rise and drop a note like the ocean, which strikes you further as Crisanta Baker and Sam Stewart stand behind Lowell like their battalion of instrumentalists. Like Lowell, they know how to play their guitars with a seeming intimacy that is especially displayed during the long, drawn electro-riffs that Lo Moon will become known for both in recording and concert, which is exactly how love can be.

Love can be like a long, drawn synth pulsing through poetry on its worth. Lo Moon have seen that, which is why their concert is one of the best to attend when you want to be reminded that life and this virtue are huge in worth. We all are small in the grand scheme of things, but that does not mean that we are not apart of or cannot feel the grandness of that scheme, which is why I enjoy Lo Moon in concert. For a good hour I felt grand in my smallness to love. For More Information On Lo Moon Click Here.