Artist Introduction: Moan Barrow
Picture Credit: Moan Barrow Moan Barrow is the brainchild of producer and multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones who is also the sole member of the band. Whether Moan Barrow really is a proper band or can rather be located to the fiction section of contemporary music history, is a question that is neither easy nor necessary to answer. Moan Barrow is Moan Barrow, and their music is a flagship for music production enterprise Moan Barrow Productions. On five songs available for streaming so far, Brian Jones ’ project presents themselves in a gloomy and melancholically bittersweet way. Dark soundscapes of Grunge and Post-Grunge create thrill and tension while the overall sound is decorated with a certain Disco or New Wave addition here and there. Take “Been here before” (video above) for example – a dynamical sonic déjà vu interpreted via energetic Alternative Rock and a Sting-like chorus. The latest release “Ghost” (video above) might be the darkest song by Moan Barrow so far – both ...