Concocting a 2013 acid-pop trip more gentle than synapse-frying on second LP Noctuary, Santiago, Chile, duo THC hops a different train for follow-up Moonlust. Indulging a love of French electro, the band itself admits that most of the tunes owe a debt to Air: pop melodies, languid tempos, breathy vocals, synth-led textures – the feel of the Milky Way’s favorite coffee bar. The twosome keeps the tunes percolating and the atmosphere spacey, whether crooning “Baby, I’m Going Away” and “If I Could Find You (Eternity)” or exploring wordless sounds (“Generique Noir”) and a “French Movie Theme.” Derivative but entertaining. (Fri., 6:45pm, Elevation Amphitheater)
This article appears in May 8 • 2015.
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Michael Toland started writing about music in 1988 on the Gulf Coast, moved to Austin in early 1991, and has inflicted bylines upon the corporeal and digital pages of Pop Culture Press, The Big Takeover, Blurt, Amplifier, Austin.citysearch, the Austin American Statesman, Goldmine, Sleazegrinder, Rock & Roll Globe, High Bias, FHT Music Notes, and, since 2011, The Austin Chronicle.
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