Half Moon Run Then Again

Canadian folk-rock band Half Moon Run are thrilled to return with new song, "Then Again", out now via Glassnote Records. Produced by Joe Chiccareli (Jack White/The Shins) in Canada, the gorgeous track features their signature crystal-clear harmonies and stadium-worthy orchestral rock sound.

The music video for the new track was directed by the band's long-standing Canadian collaborator Sacha Roy, and highlights the electric live chemistry that has made the band a staple at festivals such as Reading & Leeds, Glastonbury and Queensland's Woodford Folk Festival.

"Then Again" is the Montreal band's first new music since the release of their acclaimed second album, 'Sun Leads Me On', which achieved triple j Feature Album back in late 2015. The single is a beguiling taster to a third record expected later this year.

Half Moon Run arrived like all good bands do, as something several notches further up the scale than merely promising. With an innate understanding of each other's strengths, and precisely how to explore, harness and deliver on the intelligence and strength of their songwriting, the fever building around their next moves in Canada very quickly filtered out across the US and into Europe, through word of mouth alone.

Over the course of two records, Half Moon Run more than cemented their status as one of Canada's strongest and most exciting musical exports in years; their debut album, 'Dark Eyes', is now a platinum seller in Canada, with their sophomore record 'The Sun Leads Me On' achieving gold status.

Coming together in 2009 in Montreal's Mile End, when Conner Molander and Dylan Phillips " students and recent transplants from Vancouver Island " connected with Devon Portielje, who was fresh out of Ottawa. (In mid 2012 they tapped a third Comox-born musician, Isaac Symonds, to intensify their live show.) From the outset, the group's lingua franca was music: practicing, composing, jamming.

Music continues to be the band's first language with each other. All four members have spent the time off since 'Sun Leads Me On' studying: that is, putting in the work that earns the luck. They've been practicing their instruments, reading, listening, and focusing on their technical skills.

"Basically just re-examining everything we know about how to be a band. It's a little bit like starting over," says Molander. "Of course, jamming has changed. But there's something that's really the same about it. It reminds me of a relationship, people really change and relationships that last are relationships that evolve."

An electrifying and exciting live band, Half Moon Run spent many years after their first two releases consistently touring the world, and will return to Europe this year for their first live dates on these shores in years.

Check out the full list of tour dates at www.halfmoonrun.com, which include shows in Bristol, London, Glasgow and Manchester, with London already long since sold out.