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Annapolis, Maryland (1986 – 1991)
The band’s identifying characteristics, and those that distinguish them from their contemporaries, include noticeable and abrupt transitions from loud to quiet, Joy’s distinct arpeggiated guitar (often undistorted and picked), and Vance’s esoteric, sometimes meandering lyrical content. Earlier recordings of the band are remniscent of early Joy Division, particularly in guitar style, while later songs embodied a less blunt approach, noted by some detractors as making Moss Icon “like Grateful Dead for punks.” The band championed, among other issues, the plight of indigenous peoples in the Americas, and opposed the US Government’s involvement in Nicaragua and Guatemala.
Moss Icon recorded their debut 7”, “Hate in Me”, in January 1988 and entered the studio several months later to record their second 7”, Mahpuia Luta. Their “Lyburnum Wits End Liberation Fly” LP was recorded by Les Lentz and Tony French throughout 1988 and released in mid-1994 by Vermiform.
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