Moon Duo Announce New Album Stars Are the Light, Share Title Track

Portland psych-rockers Moon Duo announced a new album, Stars Are The Light, and shared its title track on Tuesday morning.

“Stars Are The Light” is an alien disco groove filled with gossamer synth tones and left-field strings peppered throughout. The duo, made up of Sanae Yamada and Wooden Shjips’ Ripley Johnson, harmonize in delicately processed vocals that add to the track’s ethereal quality. “I don’t want to stay here and fight / If I want to bring you love,” they croon tenderly.

Moon Duo describe Stars Are The Light as a collection of songs “about embodied human experience … rendered as a kind of dance of the self, both in relation to other selves and to the eternal dance of the cosmos” in a statement. They promise it’ll be filled with languid grooves and dreamy vocals, setting the stage for an internal exploration.

Stars Are The Light is due out Sept. 27 on Sacred Bones. Listen to the title track below, then keep scrolling to find the album’s details and the duo’s upcoming tour dates.

Stars Are The Light Album Art:

Stars Are The Light Tracklist:
01. Flying
02. Stars Are The Light
03. Fall In Your Love
04. The World And The Sun
05. Lost Heads
06. Eternal Shore
07. Eye 2 Eye
08. Fever Night

Moon Duo Tour Dates:

October
17 – Ghent, Belgium @ Videodroom
18 – Krakow, Poland @ Malopolski Garden Of The Arts
20 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso Noord
21 – Berlin, Germany @ Volksbuhne
23 – Zurich, Switzerland @ Bogen F
24 – Vevey, Switzerland @ Rocking Chair
26 – Angers, France @ Le Chabada
28 – London, U.K. @ Earth
29 – Manchester, U.K. @ Dancehouse
30 – Liverpool, U.K. @ Invisible Wind Factory
31 – Glasgow, U.K. @ BAAD

November
01 – Birmingham, U.K. @ The Crossing
02 – Leeds, U.K. @ Brudenell
04 – Brighton, U.K. @ St. Bartholomew’s Church
05 – Paris, France @ Petit Bain
09 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ Le Guess Who
12 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
13 – Philadelphia, Penn. @ Underground Arts
14 – Washington, D.C. @ Rock & Roll Hotel
15 – Kingston, N.Y. @ BSP
16 – Montreal, Que. @ SAT
18 – Toronto, Ont. @ Longboat Hall
19 – Detroit, Mich. @ MOCAD
20 – Chicago, Ill. @ Thalia Hall
22 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Lodge Room
25 – Portland, Ore. @ Wonder Ballroom
26 – Seattle, Wash. @ Neumos
27 – Vancouver, B.C. @ Hollywood