Music Under Fire

I find myself going back to Subpop time and time again looking for my next favorite band. It never fails. We discovered possibly our most favorite band all year through The Helio Sequence and possible co-front-runner for the year, Fleet Foxes. Giving Subpop another shot to see what we could find and possibly dive head-first into, sure enough, we discovered Daniel Martin Moore from Cold Spring, Kentucky... he has to be good since he's using his middle name, right?

Moore's album is endeared with a lighter singer/songwriter touch. Not that we're head over heels for singer / songwriter types, but this one sounds quite thoughtful and more or less, plain old relaxing for the fall season as the leaves turn yellow and orange. You can check out a few more of his songs on his MySpace page.

We don't know enough about Daniel Michael Moore yet, since his only material was discovered by the Subpop guys back in January 2007 through a demo. Since then, things seem to be looking up for Daniel. His debut album, Stray Age is available for preorder through Subpop.

Daniel Martin Moore also got some help on this album with co-producing with Joe Chiccarelli (The Shins, U2, The White Stripes) and recording and mixing with Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Tori Amos).

From Subpop: "If you pre-order Stray Age by October 7th, we’ll include, at absolutely zero extra cost to you, hyper-intelligent onsumer, a bonus CDR featuring four songs currently unavailable anywhere else!"

MP3: Daniel Martin Moore - Stray Age (buy)

There's a slew of other people who worked on this album, which includes an upright bass and french horn:

dmm - vocals, guitar, piano, ukulele
earl moore, jr. - piano
eric solomon - drums
victor indrizzo - drums
matt sherrod - drums
justin meldal-johnsen - upright and electric bass
frank coglitore - upright bass
petra haden - violin
steve aho - vibraphone
jesca hoop - vocals
lee thornburg - french horn, euphonium, trombone
george doering - mandolin

Official - http://www.subpop.com/artists/daniel_martin_moore
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/danielmartinmoore