Album Review | The Moondoggies - Tidelands

Tidelands is the shimmering, new folk / americana album from the Moondoggies, a Seattle based quartet.  The album is a fragile indie folk harmony driven album that will have you digging deeper and deeper each time.

Whats great about this album, is each song seems to flow into the next, it’s got a great feel from beginning to end.  To reiterate what it seems like everyone is saying, they wrote this album, as an album.  A full album that each song is integrated to create a sum of parts, rather than parts making the sum.  The album begins with single, It’s a Shame, it’s A Pity, which employs a great harmonizing section, which is something in particular the Moondoggies do particularly well.

For me, the standout on the album is What Took So Long. A six minute, rising track that stands out for its turbulent energy and power.  Its vocals soar to heights, and the guitar matches.  If tidelands is the album’s title, this is the storm that shakes the coastline. Acoustic track, Empress of the North, express the calm side of the album, and is the quintessential northwest americana track; a cloudy damp day on the coast.

Tidelands is an interesting and doesn’t disappoint, this is exactly what you look for in an album, ups and downs, masterfully created and as stated before: A full album that each song is integrated to create a sum of parts, rather than parts making the sum.

Buy Tidelands

10/27 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
11/10 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas
11/11 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *
11/12 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre *
11/13 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall *
11/14 – Ames, IA @ The Maintenance Shop *
11/15 – Denver, CO @ Hi Dive *
11/16 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room *
11/20 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent *
11/21 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho Restaurant & Music Club *
11/26 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
11/27 – San Francisco, CA @ The Casbah

* = w/ Dawes