MOGA

Bio:

Rhode Island's Moga bring a homey, rootsy take to psychedelia on Jamboree. They add banjos and piano to straightforward American rock and end up with something that sounds like music played in the parlor with family and friends.

Fans of darling indie folk like Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver or our own Death Vessel should get themselves down the 201 tonight for Moga, whose deftly layered and beautifully played songs cover lots of bases from the above mentioned to the more esoteric stuff of Brian Eno and the Flaming Lips.

Moga’s music elegantly combines folk and electronic elements, producing a signature sound that is both genuine and inspired. Songs like Canopy capture Moga’s brilliance, opening with an atmospheric sweeping Moog-like drone, a muted electronic kick drum, and a beautiful organ-like synthesizer melody awash in a spacious reverb......

Hailing from Rhode Island, MOGA creates a sound free from the city grim or the need to be hardcore. Which is incredibly refreshing, to say the least. Pulling together a slew of influences, MOGA composes a sound that slides down your throat like honey. Unlike too many other bands, MOGA is seemingly devoid of the pressure to prove themselves, so they don’t have to shove their music down your throat.

(Speaking of the Moga EP) For the entirety of the album you're transported to a different time and place, which is so unbelievably rare these days that that single fact alone should be enough to make you want to go out and pick this up immediately, not to mention that these songs are really good... Just like the small state they hail from, they draw from a vast array of influences and manage to make something wholly unique, yet completely familiar... this band is the best thing Providence has going for them right now.

I've been struggling with myself these past few weeks to try and "tag" them, to call their true name and posses them. Instead, I now confess my inability to do so; it is I who is being possessed by the unknown and marvel at their own questing and seeking. The sound is unique, no doubt. But I think it is their own secret premise that hooked me, something wild and free, moving from joy to tears and back again, something primal. Something good.

Moga released their debut album, the aptly titled Jamboree, last year. It's a remarkable achievement on a first release, to bring together so many styles and influences, and have it glide along so naturally as it does, sounding just right. I very much look forward to seeing these guys live and partaking of what Rhode Island clubgoers have been enjoying for some time now.

MOGA is a rock, experimental, folk band from Providence Rhode Island. I am struck by the forwardness of the way they write songs. It seems like they write what they want and how they want to do. This is one aspect of Indie music that really captivates me. This is a band that does not cut on production, nor do they settle for something less than inspirational. With influences like Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Band, Dylan, and The Dead, this band can really throw some rhythms together without being formulaic. A cool band from a destined place.

CONTACT
Band/Booking- mogamusic123@yahoo.com