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Moose, a British group formed in 1990, released several gauzy records through the decade. While often tagged as a shoegazer band, and certainly their earliest singles were, they evolved into something distinctly their own- a woozy, lush and orchestral brand of pop.

They started with three eps on Hut Records, later released together as Sonny and Sam (the shoegaziest of their records, if you will). After a shakeup in the lineup, Moose found the making of what would ultimately be their sound with the release of …XYZ. While receiving positive press, the band did not enjoy the commercial success of bands mining relatively similar ground at the time such as Ride, Chapterhouse, and the Pale Saints.

They shifted to Play It Again Sam for the release of Honeybee (considered by many to be the consummate Moose album) and Live a Little, Love a Lot. While not noted here, Moose also released several singles along the way- like the albums, their positive press did not translate to sales and/or notoriety.

After a brief hiatus, Moose resurfaced with a well-received ep on Saltwater Records in the US. This was followed by the lp High Ball Me, their most recent to date, released by the U.K. label Nickel and Dimes (and co-released in North America via Saltwater and Le Grand Magistry).

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AntonFjordson wrote:
13 days ago

who cares what it is, fucking amazing tune from a top band - period

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mineralboy wrote:
last month

I think the song little bird Is Kind of Twee pop

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nymph_ wrote:
last month

Their post-shoegaze songs are great too

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fylopastry wrote:
last month

Got great as soon as they stopped shoegazing (ok butterfly collector is pretty triffic too)

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AndreyN1988 wrote:
last month

Does anyone have the texts of the songs? Share with me!

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eyesaresmiles wrote:
September 2009

Another sadly ignored great band.

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shilt wrote:
September 2009

I love moose muzic！SUZANNE is BEST shoegazesong！

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BUD2THECHUD wrote:
September 2009

"I'll Take Tomorrow".....ahhhh still drifting to this one.

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moejorris wrote:
August 2009

anyone have any live recordings to share?

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ekko66 wrote:
August 2009

Besides fronting Moose, Gavin McKillop did a lot of producing, amongst others the masterpiece of an album Priest=Aura by The Church in 1992.

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theblazingskulk wrote:
June 2009

Majestic music!

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ASTROLABmusic wrote:
June 2009

Wouahou love them so much !

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ffg wrote:
April 2009

I'd like to add that I'm very fond of them both in their shoegazer form and their later Burt Bacharach/Lee Hazlewood/spaghetti western-influenced sound. The horrible bar band that shares/shames their name is a problem, though.

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surround_me wrote:
April 2009

i'm loving it

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BUD2THECHUD wrote:
April 2009

See ffg's comment it pretty much covers it all and alleviates any confusion. their early eps: Jack, Sonny & Sam, Cool Breeze, and some parts of XYZ (emphasis on some parts) are shoegazey at times. Quite sonic. Their later material is just another direction they went in. I quit listening to them at that point. Their early eps are still good despite the new direction they took. Listen to the track "Boy". Quite loud.

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CWalsh wrote:
March 2009

Yes I too am pretty confused. Everything I have heard by "Moose" here on Last has been a raunchy mediocore red-necky bar sound that has me running to ban the track. Nothing of the dreamy shoe-gaze everyone seems to be describing.

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rirriri wrote:
March 2009

MOOSE! one of the greatest bands ever...

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ffg wrote:
March 2009

dirtbasedsoap: W.R.T. the English Moose, the shoegazer tag really only applies to their early EPs and first album -- they moved off in another direction pretty early on. A lot of the streamable tracks here are from the "other" Moose, of which I will not speak.

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carpenter78 wrote:
February 2009

I love their sound since the moment I heard first tone... Some shoegaze bands tend to be little boring, but music of Moose is very very clever.

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dirtbasedsoap wrote:
February 2009

pretty mediocre, i wouldn't really call this shoegaze at all.

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