If Sketches of the Moon were a day, it would be one of those meandering afternoons where everything feels just slightly off. The album captures the absurdity and melancholy of daily life – where each moment seems eternal as we experience it, while the past feels like a surreal, fading dream.

Self-recorded at La Turbine Studios in 2024, the sophomore album finds Atomic Fruit fully in control of their sound, experimenting with electro-acoustic effects, pitch-shifted vocals, reverb-drenched baritone guitars, and even the metallic twang sound of a pizza shovel to craft a distinct, intimate atmosphere.

From the laid-back desert blues rhythm of "Sure," to the reflective, tape-delayed nostalgia of the title track, or the crunchy, Modern Lovers delivery of "Get Along," the record effortlessly blends genres and textures, as if each song reflects a different memory.

With raw honesty and eclectic creativity, Sketches of the Moon is a reflection of the band's journey, capturing both the complexity and simplicity of life, one song at a time.

Martin Lundfall – Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Moog, Trumpet
Raphaël Giraldi – Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Farhad Mirza – Guitar, Electronics
Federico Lenzi – Drums, Percussion, Recording

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The Early Bus

Spinning

All your sketches of the moon
brought me back
for a while we were immune to the sands of time

But you came out ripe and tender

All your stories end too soon
you talk too fast
all those things you said you’ll do
stuck in the past

But you came out ripe and tender
what an awful way to break the spell

wont you cut yourself (some slack)

Sketches Of The Moon

Tongue Tied

Once

Moments ago you were but a child
Grass stained knees down the waterslide
A supervillain with a magnifying glass
Each nosebleed lasting longer than the last
Drive your heart into head first collision
Feels like time is running away from you

Sure how can you be so 
Sure how can you be so
Sure how can you be so

Unbreakable like your nokia phone
cause you never plan on growing old

drive your heart into head first collision
feels like time is running away from you

Sure how can you be so 
Sure how can you be so
Sure how can you be so

Sure

A song about the age-old situationship of wanting someone who will ruin you, but pursuing them anyway.

S(he)'s a Rake

Oh How Lovely

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

Lasso

Lisztomania

Cousins

Tourist History

What You Know

Something Good Can Work

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The Muscle (Song for Kate)

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A few decades ago, there were no red grapefruits.
The Ruby Red grapefruit, which now accounts for 75% of all grapefruit is the poster child of an experimental form of agriculture known as atomic gardening which uses radioactive cobalt-60 to spur mutations in plants.

The practice gained popularity after WWII as part of the Atoms for Peace program, establishing Gamma Gardens in the worlds nuclear states.

The radioactive source was placed in the middle with plants laid out like slices of a pie, exposing them to varying amounts of radiation.

Closest to the center, the plants would just die, and slightly further out they would grow tumors and other abnormalities, but around the edges a rich variety of mutations would develop, which would be selected for desirable traits and cultivated further.

For a brief period in the 50's and 60's, atomic gardening was quite popular, especially in the UK, where the Atomic Gardening Society would distribute radiated seeds for laymen farmers to grow and report back the results.

Despite the initial hype, the Atomic Gardening Society failed to produce anything of particular interest and as nuclear energy grew increasingly disfavorable in the public eye, atomic gardening became a lot less cool.

Sure

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