Introducing #160 Sweet Sweet Moon
It started off with a whisper and a kiss. Or, rather, with me standing in a darkened room, surrounded by a couple of people, smoke all around, cigarette burning my fingertips. A boy on stage holding onto his violin, shoes off. This was two years ago at a local club; and since then, heavy-hearted melancholy tunes have slowly turned into a perfect summer pop song to be released by Siluh Records on May 13th. Sweet Sweet Moon, also known as Matthias Frey, is Austria's very own mult... (continued)

It started off with a whisper and a kiss. Or, rather, with me standing in a darkened room, surrounded by a couple of people, smoke all around, cigarette burning my fingertips. A boy on stage holding onto his violin, shoes off. This was two years ago at a local club; and since then, heavy-hearted melancholy tunes have slowly turned into a perfect summer pop song to be released by Siluh Records on May 13th.
Sweet Sweet Moon, also known as Matthias Frey, is Austria's very own multi-instrumental Zach Condon. He however challenges every comparison with anyone else when, full in a room full of looped vocals, violin hooks and electronica, he turns staccatos into noise, when he allows his cellist to play Gameboy on stage or when, with a hint of an adorable Austrian accent, he charms his audience with the words from Daniel Johnston's 'Devil Town'.
His folk-like, nostalgic songs which were predominant on his EP Pompidou, have given way to an entirely different sound, something that smells like summer, cheap sunglasses, and early-afternoon picnics.
You can get Sweet Sweet Moon new single Smoke Up for free, exclusively for the 405, here.