The gloriously incandescent Lunar Twin have delayed the release of their new album ‘Night Jaguar’ to early 2027 but we are honoured to bring you another exclusive taste of what’s to come, with the magnificent track ‘Sound City’.
‘Sound City’ has a dreamy late night ambience, shimmering with atmosphere with dark sonorous vocals and a wash of synths and brittle guitars. Like the soundtrack to a Nicolas Winding Refn movie, it is cinematic and enigmatic, with a haunting elegance. Bryce Boudreau, the Hawaiian branch of the duo, says of the track:
Sound City is a folk song that got lost in the electronics. It’s about a place that keeps calling to you long after you’ve left it.
And it’s a song that lingers in the mind long after it has finished. A hushed delivery lends an ethereal edge with instrumentation that feels organic and visceral.
The track comes with a video directed by San Francisco native Zoey Nguyen which was filmed across desert and urban Southern California. The camera seems to tremble with the chords, capturing a sense of discombobulation and dissonance, an alien world from the sparse deserts to the urban jungle – again with hints of a Refn neon-lit bleakness. It’s a perfect accompaniment. to the music: mysterious, exotic and immersive:
‘Sound City is out in the next day or so (subject to the vagaries of time zones) via all the usual download and streaming sites. It follows the release of ‘Disappear In The Earth‘ earlier this year which we premiered.
‘Night Jaguar’ will be released in early 2027 on vinyl and CD (digital release to follow) through Tropical Depression Records. Further details and pre-order information will be announced soon. Enigmatically, the band says of the album:
‘The sun transformed into a jaguar to travel through the underworld at night, making it the “night sun” that fights against darkness
This is indeed a band that continues to emanate sheer brilliance with every release. Lunar Twin is Bryce Boudreau on vocals and production (Hawaii) and Chris Murphy on music and production (Salt Lake City). ‘Sound City’ was mixed by the equally talented Matthew Nowhere at Nowhere Sound Studio in Grass Valley California.
