Moontype have shared a new single, ‘How I Used to Dance’, the opening track from their sophomore LP I Let The Wind Push Down On Me. “Oh, how I used to dance/ In my room, before I went to bed,” Margaret McCarthy sings on the nostalgic, understated track, which follows previous cuts ‘Long Country’ and ‘Four Hands ii’. Check it out below.
“This song is an ode to a particular time in life, living in Ohio with nowhere to put my angst. It felt really liminal living in that small town,” McCarthy explained. “I tried to find meaning in it then and appreciate the moments of beauty and pure emotion. The rhythm of the streetlights that turned to blinking red at night. Smashing glass with my friend. Once those were experiences I was having, now they are memories I hold.”
“Joe starting playing the octave pattern on guitar with me and it felt right just like that, and we built the song around that,” the singer/bassist added.” This song really came together with the help of Nate and Katie in Maryland. That octave pattern sound has guitar, plucked piano, and pitched wine glasses tucked away!”
Revisit our Artist Spotlight interview with Moontype.
