My song of the day is "Don't Go" by Moaning. I've decided rather than just finding a song here or there that I like by a band, something I often do while perusing the music recommending site letsloop, I'm going to go a bit deeper. No low-attention span hummingbird, I.
I'm beginning with Moaning, an indie rock/post punk outfit that has a forthcoming album called Uneasy Laughter. They sound English, but are Los Angeles-based, I hear from the inter webs. They're signed to Sub Pop Records.
They have a layered orchestral sound that will appeal to those with a penchant for dark wave, a la Joy Division/early New Order and The Cure. The guitars, though, occasionally rise above and beyond the quagmire of sadness to become a fuzzy rocket ship of energy. Smashing Pumpkins? Sonic Youth? I tend to get myself in trouble when I try to triangulate music. All I can say is Moaning has mood for days.
—Sarah Torribio