Moonface - "Whale Song (Song Instead of a Kiss)" and "All Fires" Live @ Emo's, 07.25.11

Here's a couple clips of Spencer Krug's first performance in Austin under his Moonface moniker. The first video is for "Whale Song (Song Instead of a Kiss)," which comes off the impressive new album Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped. Below that is video for a song originally done by one of Krug's other bands, Swan Lake. It's called "All Fires" and take a drastic turn from it's original quite tone.

Enjoy, and after the jump check out a few shots from the evening.

My 4 Favorite Spencer Krug Albums

Spencer Krug has so much musical output in so many different bands that he makes Jack White look lazy. Along side the obvious material from Wolf Parade and Sunset Rubdown—Krug’s discography contains several albums as a member Frog Eyes, a couple as part of the three-head beast that is Swan Lake, and even as outing in a instrumental band. It all equates to a massive amount of music from this prolific artist.

His latest incarnation is that of Moonface, a new solo project. This new solo album Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped will be released on August 2nd via Jagjaguwar. His tour as Moonface hits Austin this Tuesday (07.26.11) at Emo’s.

In anticipation, I look back at my four favorite albums from the many faces of Krug. Why four? Well, five is too many and three is too few. Here they are… countdown:

4. Sunset Rubdown – Dragonslyer (2009)
This LP begins and ends quietly. Yet in between, the mood ranges from epic, to monstrously epic, to epically monstrous. In line with the album’s title, the music here sounds like that which would play as the knights of Camelot ride into battle. “Black Swan” and “”You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II)” stand in Krug’s catalog as some of the biggest tunes he has crafted. But what makes Dragonslyer really stand out is the supporting cast. Krug’s right hand "Jane-of-all-trades" Camilla Wynne Ingr steps up her duties and becomes a significant back up vocalist, adding a welcome contrast to his maddening yelps. It's evident here that Krug may have found a circle of partners more suited to his unique song writing structures than his “primary” band Wolfe Parade. After Dragonslayer I had come to the conclusion that I would rather see Krug retire his partnership with Dan Boeckner and focus his main attention on this band. One Wolfe Parade album later (Expo 86) and it looks like that may be the case.

I'm listening to the new Moonface album right now... And you can to if you pre-order it.

Moonface is the solo persona of Spencer Krug, he who spends his time in many bands. Most notably Krug is half of the driving force behind Wolf Parade and leadman of his once side project (turned primary band) Sunset Rubdown. Now we can add a new full length solo album to his ever-growing discography. Organ Music Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped officially hits streets on August 2, but the pre-order is now live and it includes an instant download of the album when you purchase.  

Krug has also posted an album outtake, "The Way You Wish You Could Live in the Storm," over on his website. There you can also find lyrics to that song and the whole album. I pretty much love everything Spencer Krug puts his hands on, so I was really quick to scoop this up.

...and I was pretty quick to scoop up tickets to the Moonface show that will be hitting Emo's on July 26. I've seen Krug live several times with his other bands, so I'm excited to see what his solo show delivers.