Kate Nv - Room for the Moon Live - VINYL LP

Room for the Moon Live documents an ecstatic evening imagined up by the prismatic producer and performer Kate Nv. Recorded during a one-off show held a few years after the 2020 of Room for the Moon, the album finds NV coloring inside and outside of her solo persona's expressionistic lines, and fronting an eclectic eight piece band that picks up and expands upon material from her whimsical and boundlessly intriguing sophomore album.For NV, Room for the Moon Live is more than just a yardstick marking the five years passed between the of her sophomore album. The recording documents a vital, and since unrepeated, evening when the combined sound and soul of the album and members of her musical inner circle provide a space of respite during a particularly heavy and isolating period. InchThe most important theme of the concert was being a team - together,Inch she says, InchPlaying music and trying to spread joy during dark times. It was a very important thing for me to do.InchThe band was assembled by NV from a tight-knit group of musician friends and not infrequent collaborators, with it's core made up of members from Glintshake, the post-punk outfit she co-founded and has been playing with since 2012. Behind NV's light-footed marshalling, the ensemble began sketching the direction of the performance, imagining how they might redecorate some of Room's more synth-centric suites with new ideas and acoustic textures, aided as well by an openness to exploring improvisation, InchjamInch aesthetics, and, maybe most importantly, a free-wheeling spirit of fun.InchThe approach was something like 'Guys, we're playing songs, but here we can go really wild,'Inch she recalls. InchI had some 'musts' that we needed to recreate as closely as possible because it was crucial for the songs, but it was never a priority to put everyone into a cage of the originals. And I actually think tha