LA Mood is the project of Melbourne-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Davie Mudie (Super American Eagle, ex-Immigrant Union & Courtney Barnett band) and we are honoured to premiere the new single, the intriguingly named ‘Canal Twanging’. Out through the fantastic Cheersquad Records & Tapes it heralds a new album due out soon.
‘Canal Twanging’ is a delightful jumble of a song highlighted by a psychedelic fugue and a scaling chorus, ambling along with a jaunty sun-filtered pace like a heady mix between George Harrison, The Charlatans and a chemically-induced experiment.
Influenced by quite literally the sound of a canal, Mudie says of the track:
This song came about from my morning walk with Elke, our Kelpie,. We usually head out to a canal that runs alongside Mt Alexander, and I was tapping the side of the canal. It sounded super cool, so I recorded it on my phone and sampled it into the beat. The lyrics kind of reflect the free-flowing hills that we walk through, and I think it captures that vibe!
The track comes with a trippy video created by Little Richard’s Almanac, an art collective founded by Ron Laboray and Niki Elliott in Asheville, North Carolina. To date, LRA has collaborated with well-known musical artists to create animated music videos for The Brian Jonestown Massacre (Berlin), Federale (Portland), L.A. Mood, and Super American Eagle (Australia). Their animations are a stream-of-consciousness collage, responding to the musicians’ music.
It’s a luminescent delight and a perfect accompaniment to the track:
‘Canal Twanging’ is out tomorrow and available to download and stream through the link above and via all the usual sites.
You can catch LA Mood playing solo on Sunday, 19 July at Merri Creek Tavern
with Rhea Caldwell (Baby Blue).
Alongside writing and recording his own music, Mudie played drums on Jess Ribeiro’s 2019 album ‘LOVE HATE’, recorded Jade Imagine’s debut single ‘Stay Awake’, and played on releases from Super American Eagle (alongside Brent DeBoer of The Dandy Warhols), Cannon, Baby Blue, and Evan Dando (The Lemonheads).
Feature Photograph: Ian Laidlaw
