Mothfight

Moth Fight
Mothfight Promotional Image, October 2009
Background information
Origin	Austin, Texas/Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres	Hypnagogic Pop/Glo-Fi, Shitgaze, Indie pop, Psychedelia, Experimental, Hauntology
Years active	2007–present
Website	[1]
Members
Kevin Attics Jessica Boettger Clarke Dominick Mike Yaklin

Moth Fight is an Austin, Texas-based experimental pop outfit. Their sound is a blend of orchestral instrumentation (trumpets, cellos, violins, banjos, barbershop harmony), tape loops, samples, synthesizers, and circuit bent toys.

Discography

Kevin Attics and Jessica Boettger mid-performance at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, TX

US singles

• Hopscotch (2007) Natrix Natrix Records

Compilations

• "Rev. Sharp's Invention (Live)" featured on Technicolor Yawn: KVRX Local Live Vol. 12 (2008) KVRX
• "A Long Way from Home" featured on HABITAT (2008) Asthmatic Kitty

Trivia

• The song "Hopscotch" is apparently inspired by Julio Cortázar's novel Hopscotch and includes lyrics written in Gliglish, the constructed language La Maga teaches Horacio.^[1]

• "Hopscotch, pt. 2" references both Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky and the Grimm Brothers' White and Black Bride

See also

• Music of Austin

References

Sources consulted

• Carver, Shea, (Encore Magazine) Idyllic Orchestration: Moth!Fight! talk art, childhood and sounds of organizedchaos, http://encorepub.com/a/index.php?blog=7&title=idyllic_orchestration_moth_fight_talk_ar&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1, retrieved 2007-10-24 
• Shragin, Adam, Austinist Show Review: A Victorian Pageant at The Mohawk, http://austinist.com/2007/10/08/a_victorian_pag.php, retrieved 2007-10-24 
• Wildsmith, Steve, The Daily Times: Childlike Mothfight brings show to The Pilot Light, http://www.thedailytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070727/ENT/70726022, retrieved 2007-10-24 
• Gross, John, Moth Fight Interview, http://partyends.com/blog/?p=3238, retrieved 2010-01-07 

Endnotes

1. ^ Freeman, Doug. "Austin Sound". http://www.austinsound.net/SOMothfight. 

External links

• Myspace