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A Quiet Place to Land' is the second album from Brand New Moon, following 2018's 'Difference & Repetition'.

Combining expansive, evolving sound-worlds with vivid melodies and intricate lyricism, these 12 tracks reveal a yearning to escape the restless claustrophobia of recent times - a paean to blue skies, new landscapes, and the hope of re-connection.

The album is available from 30th September 2021 for streaming, download and as a limited edition cassette via Same Page Records

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Tonic

Seven Crystals

The Garden Knows

Utopia Today

By Wing Or The Deep Blue

Island Render

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'By Wing or the Deep Blue' is taken from Brand New Moon's second album 'A Quiet Place to Land' which was released in September via Same Page Records.

Combining expansive, evolving sound-worlds with vivid melodies and intricate lyricism the album reveals a yearning to escape the restless claustrophobia of recent times - an ode to blue skies, new landscapes, and the hope of re-connection.

Produced & mixed by Mike Barrett
Additional mixing by Mathew Keightley
Mastered by Nick Powell

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By Wing or the Deep Blue

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'Seven Crystals' is taken from Brand New Moon's second album 'A Quiet Place to Land' which was released in September via Same Page Records.

Combining expansive, evolving sound-worlds with vivid melodies and intricate lyricism the album reveals a yearning to escape the restless claustrophobia of recent times - an ode to blue skies, new landscapes, and the hope of re-connection.

Produced & mixed by Mike Barrett
Additional mixing by Mathew Keightley
Mastered by Nick Powell

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'Tonic' is taken from Brand New Moon's second album 'A Quiet Place to Land' which was released in September via Same Page Records.

Combining expansive, evolving sound-worlds with vivid melodies and intricate lyricism the album reveals a yearning to escape the restless claustrophobia of recent times - an ode to blue skies, new landscapes, and the hope of re-connection.

Produced & mixed by Mike Barrett
Additional mixing by Mathew Keightley
Mastered by Nick Powell

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No Way - a newly released single to mark 5 years since Brand New Moon's debut album, 'Difference & Repetition'.

Mike Barrett - vocals, keyboards, percussion
Meg Woof - backing vocals
Rob Shuttz - bass guitar
Phil White - guitar
Jacob Smedegaard - drums

Produced & Mixed by Mike Barrett
Mastered by Peter Fletcher at First Love Studios

LYRICS:

no way
i came here to forget those things
i can't stay
but let me be un-cynical
for one more second
one more lightyear
one imploding sun
wherever this may go
it has begun

far away
far away from earthly troubles
life again
pirouettes among the corals
does every heart
does every alien
get the urge run?
wherever this may go
it has begun

a face you remember
and all those you forget
and then there’s everyone
you’ve never even met
but the question of scale
is easily dropped
as the face across the table
grows larger

no way
got no room
for any major changes
but take this thought wherever you want
and rearrange the furniture
my kidneys and my lungs
wherever this may go
it has begun

no way
and then i find a way of saying
maybe
and then i find a way of saying
yes please
and then i find a way of saying
change me
change me
change me

No Way

The Reply - released as a single on 6/11/23 to mark 5 years since Brand New Moon's debut album, 'Difference & Repetition'.

Mike Barrett - vocals, keyboards, percussion
Meg Woof - backing vocals
Rob Shuttz - bass guitar
Phil Swan - slide guitar

Produced & Mixed by Mike Barrett
Mastered by Peter Fletcher at First Love Studios


LYRICS:

acres of desert landscape
as far as the eye can see
and when I fly these weird machines
I dream of all the words i want to read
as prayers from the earth hit the sky
they say, ‘lord don't leave us hanging on for the reply’

oceans of strange new faces
blinking in the dark
and when the coast is clear
distract my indifference
and make the rest disappear
you said, 'take my skin
take everything inside
just don't leave me hanging on for the reply'

oh gentle souls who cannot say goodbye
oh missing things that never said goodbye
 
miles of disagreements
lawyers circling above
just one more word for blame required
one more piece of paper
and that should be enough
keep the house
keep everything inside
just don't leave us hanging on for the goodbye

oh gentle souls who cannot say goodbye
oh gentle souls who cannot say goodbye
oh missing things that never said goodbye

The Reply

by Mike Barrett with Meg Woof on vocals and Benji Jeffrey on strings. 

The Blue Hour

THE DEBUT SINGLE, RELEASED 18TH AUGUST 2017

LYRICS -

what a nice day
what a nice day
I could be in Mexico
Brighton or Hove

every week I eat my chips
and watch the numbers rolling in
I don't need perfection
but i want another go

spinning coin
i could be anybody else
pick a new place off the shelf
and press begin
any moment now
any lifetime now
any day now
that ticket's gonna win

what a nice day
what a nice day
let the dream wash over me
wait and see

but someone said that life's a race
so get your dreaming out my face
today I don't need affection
i need gold

spinning coin
i could be anybody else
pick a pocket full of wealth
and try another thing
any moment now
any lifetime now
any day now
my ship is coming in

-

Spinning Coin

'DIEHARD' - Available to stream or download now!
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Performed by Mike Barrett, Rob Shuttz, Meg Woof, Nick Barrett & Jacob Smedegaard
Produced + mixed by Mike Barrett
Mastered by Peter Fletcher at Black Bay Studios

LYRICS:
when the world is falling down that hole
i want to be the last fool here to know
got to keep those engines turning round
got to keep feet on the ground

don't get clever with me
i'm not ready

when my ship is swaying side to side
should I blame myself?
should I blame the tide?
got to keep the water in the bath
got to think of something to make you laugh

don't get funny with me
I want to stay the same
I don't want to change

don't come knocking for me
I want to hold on
to things as they are
things that I know
this world I understand
the world I understand

Diehard

Northridge '94 (A Movie)

Lyrics:

hey cold morning
I’m not walking
hey contender
I’m all yours

shadow on the rainbow’s edge
skin upon the sea
hey contender
you’re in me

a burning thought
work it out
burning house
work it out
work it out

hey there visitor
I’m not fighting
hey there spirit
i’m all ears

a burning thought
work it out
burning house
work it out
work it out

it's not the jagged stone
between your eyes
it's not the poison burning

hey dark morning
I’m not walking
o dark morning
I’m all yours

crackle on the whispers edge
head upon the sea
hey dark morning
you’re in me

a burning thought
work it out
burning house
work it out
work it out

Written & produced by Mike Barrett
Featuring Oli Wang on backing vocals
Studio assistance from Mathew Keightley

A Burning Thought

A QUIET PLACE TO LAND - NEW ALBUM - OUT NOW!

Brand New Moon is the project of London-based singer-songwriter Mike Barrett. His self-produced second album, ‘A Quiet Place to Land' was released in September via Same Page Records

Combining expansive, evolving sound-worlds with vivid melodies and intricate lyricism the album reveals a yearning to escape the restless claustrophobia of recent times - an ode to blue skies, new landscapes, and the hope of re-connection.

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