Moments In Grace - Moonlight Survived ( Audio CD ) 2006

Moonlight Survived is the debut album from Moments in Grace, a Florida-based combo with ex-members of Twothirtyeight and As Friends Rust. Recorded with veteran helmer Brian McTernan (Thrice, Hot Water Music), Moonlight is a rather dramatic entry in the emo/post-hardcore axis. Jeremy Griffith is a tremendously expressive vocalist, with a fluttering range and long notes like he just swallowed a jar of melancholy jelly. He sticks to the usual lyrical themes -- romantic fall-out, soul-baring confession, vaguely spiritual deep thoughts -- and tends to turn the centers of songs to atmospheric tangents of layered strings and vocal harmonies. That dynamic guides opener "Strata," as well as "The Blurring Lines of Loss"; other songs, like "My Stunning Bride," or "We Feel the Songs," suggest a mixture of U2 and Sunny Day Real Estate. Moonlight Survived is McTernan's first release on his Salad Days imprint, a vanity job through Atlantic.

CONDITION: NEW

TRACK LISTING

1 Stratus 4:13
2 The Patient 3:09
3 Broken Promises 3:16
4 My Dying Day 2:46
5 We Feel the Songs 3:24
6 My Stunning Bride 3:59
7 Monologue 3:48
8 Distant and Longing Light 4:36
9 The Blurring Lines of Loss 3:33
10 No Angels 3:46
11 Don't Leave 4:40
12 The Past 4:31