Moonlight Survived

Product Description
Conflict is at the very heart of Moonlight Survived, the compelling Salad Days/Atlantic debut from northern Florida quartet Moments In Grace. Driven by invigorating rock dynamics and the dazzling vocals of singer, guitarist, and chief songwriter Jeremy Griffith, the collection is richly melodic yet fraught with a potent, progressive edge. Songs such as the stirring first single, "Stratus," and the energetic "My Dying Day" explore haunted emotional terrain - loneliness, struggle, regret - yet ultimately achieve great beauty and genuine catharsis. Produced by Brian McTernan, known for his work with the likes of Thrice, Cave In, the Movielife, and Hot Water Music, Moonlight Survived is a genuinely moving, often inspiring premiere that stands as a powerful introduction to a remarkable new band.

Moonlight Survived,Moments in Grace,Atlantic / Wea,Emo,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

Moonlight Survived

Average customer rating:

Bland and uncompelling.
Crap.
the band bring its to the stratus slowly falls to earth
Spiritual Indie
You have to be kidding???

Moonlight Survived
Moments in Grace
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Emo | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00022XDPK
Release Date: 2004-08-17

Tracks:

Stratus
The Patient
Broken Promises
My Dying Day
We Feel The Songs
My Stunning Bride
Monologue
Distant and Longing Light
The Blurring Lines of Loss
No Angles
Don't Leave
The Past

Album Description

Conflict is at the very heart of Moonlight Survived, the compelling Salad Days/Atlantic debut from northern Florida quartet Moments In Grace. Driven by invigorating rock dynamics and the dazzling vocals of singer, guitarist, and chief songwriter Jeremy Griffith, the collection is richly melodic yet fraught with a potent, progressive edge. Songs such as the stirring first single, "Stratus," and the energetic "My Dying Day" explore haunted emotional terrain - loneliness, struggle, regret - yet ultimately achieve great beauty and genuine catharsis. Produced by Brian McTernan, known for his work with the likes of Thrice, Cave In, the Movielife, and Hot Water Music, Moonlight Survived is a genuinely moving, often inspiring premiere that stands as a powerful introduction to a remarkable new band.

Customer Reviews:

Bland and uncompelling........2005-09-22

If the vying-for-a-position-at-an-Italian-restaurant (in terms of sheer ability to grate cheese) vocal melody that comprises "My Dying Day"'s verse riff doesn't put this record in a coffin, the staggeringly oblivious, unintentional melodrama that is the rest of "Moonlight Survived" does.

The way this guy reaches for high notes is almost enough to incite pity. Almost. Furthermore, like every other band that sounds insipidly similar to Moments in Grace, when Griffith is not stretching to hit notes or affecting a terrible falsetto, he's singing in a style so bland it makes tofu-core seem like a viable genre.

Maybe it has something to do with the production, or perhaps with the penchant certain bands have for eschewing actual dynamics in favor of a distortion pedal, but this music is so lifeless it could be the end credits to a movie depicting someone's decomposition at the mercy of worms.

Steer clear, and remember: emo (and any other, less vomit-inducingly named style of music, for that matter) doesn't work without EMOTION.

Crap........2005-06-27

I bought this after reading the little "Customers who bought this also bought" title. Why they group this band with a bunch of hard rock bands is completely beyond me. There's not even a hint of distortion in the guitars, and it seems to me like the singer is a whiny eleven year old. I'm not mad i bought it and it wasn't hard rock, cause I'm into softer stuff as well, Lifehouse, Stir, Forty Foot Echo, you name it as long as it isn't garbage. BUT THIS, this is horrible, there's no words to actually describe the horrid music contained on this disc. File 13. If I was president I would have every copy of this everywhere burned. Nobody can like this, be honest with yourself you weirdos who give it good reviews, there's no passion or soul in this as previous reveiwers posted, just a bunch of emo-influenced whining with no hooks and no melody whatsoever.

the band bring its to the stratus slowly falls to earth.......2005-05-15

Moments in Grace's debut seems channel a bridge between arena size alternative rock and brooding melodies of emo. if the band is content with this sound they seem to nail it sucessfully. the band channells in their wall of sound best in tracks like "stratus" and "my dying day". They decend into midtempo through out the album though. Slow burn songs like "we feel the songs" and "my stunning bride" which channel emotion but deflate for dragginess. the album closer "the past" is quite beautiful though. The band sounds great when they truely push their sound powerfully. One might question how this would sound live, it would translate well in arenas since thats the sound that is produced on their debut (Brian Mctieran is pretty much thankful for that). I like the band for sure maybe they'll be more consistent the second time around

Spiritual Indie.......2005-05-03

This is some great heartfelt spiritual indie up there with the likes of Dredg and their peers.

You have to be kidding???.......2005-04-28

I bought this album after hearing the 1st track, and that was all I needed to convince me. After Listening to the rest at home...what happened??? The beginning was SO promising! Very disappointing! The remaining songs were totally unmemorable. Did
they even make an effort on 'em? Apparently not.
BUT, I must say, with the strength of that first song, and the absolutely cool look of the album cover (one of the best i've seen), It is worth the price...but just barely.

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