A Colorful Moth, by Monteagle

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A Colorful Moth

by Monteagle

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quasiotter as someone who rarely cares about the meaning of lyrics, folk is a genre i largely ignore. once in awhile, i'm blessed with gems like this that are pure pleasurable listening. the atmosphere & space envelope me. despite it being the perfect length, i wish it never ended. Favorite track: Thankful.

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1.	Hum 02:26	buy track
2.	Total Energy 04:04	buy track
3.	Tan 02:13 video	buy track
4.	Thankful 03:25	buy track
5.	In Reality 04:01	buy track
6.	Total Energy II 04:13	buy track

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Monteagle is the solo moniker of Brooklyn based (Tennessee native) singer songwriter and composer Justin Giles Wilcox. Known primarily for scoring the critically acclaimed short Documentary Twins Days for the New Yorker and for his production and songwriting for the ambient folk duo Nassau, Monteagle sees Wilcox diving further into the uncharted territory of southern inﬂuenced experimental psych folk. “A Colorful Moth” a new EP from Wilcox is steeped in vivid imagery or as Paste Magazine describes “tremulous, bare-souled vocals, which are as haunted and alluring as the caves that riddle the rocky hills of the band’s hometown.”

Justin tells the tale of “A Colorful Moth” better than anyone could...

“A while back I hit a little bit of a rough patch. I had just wrapped up a very emotionally draining project, My freelance work was drying up, My mental health was at an all time low, all this amongst some tumultuous personal issues. In the midst of all of the chaos I took a walk, and ended up sitting at a park right outside of my apt in Brooklyn. While I was just sort of staring blankly, a Butterﬂy ﬂew up and landed next to me on a bench. Without even blinking I looked at it and thought to myself, “This fucking butterﬂy, there’s no real beauty in it, it’s just a colorful moth”. I kind of lost it. It’s like my mind became clear. I started-laugh crying and realized how casually destructive I was being and accepted that my situation was mainly my own doing. Afterwards, I felt this huge sense of relief and I immediately started writing these songs.”

This EP is unique in that it was written and recorded sequentially. As in each musical idea begot the next. If you listen there are little pieces of the previous song in the next idea. The lyrics are a mish-mash, a direct stream of consciousness, and recollection of various hallucinogenic trips Justin had been on. There’s something soothing in the way that sound and words dance around each other in a surreal exploration of mortality in relation to reality.

”A Colorful Moth” is a sibling component to an upcoming full length scheduled for early 2021.

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Monteagle is the solo moniker of singer-songwriter/ composer Justin Giles Wilcox. Known primarily for his work in the band Nassau, Monteagle see's Wilcox pushing further into the uncharted territory of experimental psych folk.

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