HALF MOON RUN RELEASE ACCLAIMED NEW STUDIO ALBUM ‘SALT’ ON VINYL

“Like watching a gentle sunrise unfolding its beauty gradually, ‘Salt’ is worth the effort.” – CLASH 

“Salt is a musical gem that showcases Half Moon Run’s artistic brilliance and reinforces their rightful place among the industry’s finest.” – SPILL MAGAZINE

“an enjoyable and accessible record” – QRO 

“an immaculately sequenced body of work that maintains momentum throughout and pieces together threads from the international journey of their decade-plus career” – EXCLAIM!

New York, NY (September 11, 2023) – Montreal’s Half Moon Run today releases their new album, Salt on 180g vinyl. A limited edition offering on sand colored vinyl is now available here in addition to standard black vinyl here.

Their new album has received glowing praise from press around the globe and is currently gaining momentum at AAA radio, having just been added at KCSN Los Angeles along with increasing spins.

Earlier this summer the trio, Devon Portielje (lead vocals, guitar), Conner Molander (backing vocals, guitar, keys), and Dylan Phillips (backing vocals, drums,piano) performed selections from the new album on CBS Saturday Sessions – watch a performance of the single “Alco” here.

Half Moon Run’s collaborative power has remained constant and unsuppressed during their twelve years together. Beauty and sadness; harmony and menace; despair and groove – the blending of contrasting moods is a trademark of the band’s writing, and on this record they’ve managed to push their own limits of musical chemistry.

Salt sees them revisiting the site of their bond’s first forging, bringing new light to musical visions they’ve carried with them since the beginning. Equally, the album reaches into the future, featuring songs penned during the pandemic which explore the all-permeating anxieties of the current moment. Digging deeper, there’s evidence of a spiritual quest of sorts at the roots of Salt, which effectively translates into a budding sentiment of hope.

Half Moon Run’s ability to breathe new life into ideas that’ve been with them since the start has been bolstered by the vision of ascendant producer Connor Seidel, with whom the band previously collaborated on the song “Fatal Line” on Seidel’s concept album ‘1969.’ Salt was largely created at Seidel’s Treehouse Studio—an idyllic escape north of Montreal where the band’s sketches had space to grow and take form. Seidel encouraged the band to dive deep into their rich archives.

“While making this record, it felt as if we were boiling down a huge cauldron of musical ideas, trying to reduce it to something elemental. What we were left with was Salt,”  says Molander.

HALF MOON RUN – SALT – TRACK LIST

1. You Can Let Go
2. Alco
3. Hotel in Memphis
4. Everyone Is Moving Out East
5. 9beat
6. Dodge the Rubble
7. Heartbeat
8. Gigafire
9. Goodbye Cali
10. Salt
11. Crawl Back In

Salt on 180g Limited Edition Sand Colored Vinyl
Available for purchase HERE

Well known for their captivating live shows, tickets are on sale now for the trio’s tour of North America, which launches October 24 in Los Angeles, CA.

HALF MOON RUN – NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES 2023
October 24, 2023 @ El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, CA
October 25, 2023 @ August Hall, San Francisco, CA
October 27, 2023 @ Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
October 28, 2023 @ The Crocodile, Seattle, OR
October 29, 2023 @ Spanish Ballroom Tacoma, WA
November 1, 2023 @ Royal Theatre, Victoria, BC
November2, 2023 @ Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
November 3, 2023 @ Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC
November 5, 2023 @ MacEwan Hall, Calgary, AB
November 7, 2023 @ Coors Event Centre, Saskatoon, SK
November 8, 2023 @ Burton Cummings Theatre, Winnipeg, MB
November 10, 2023 @ Varsity Theater, Minneapolis, MN
November 11, 2023 @ Metro, Chicago, IL
November 12, 2023 @ Saint Andrew’s Hall, Detroit, MI
November 14, 2023 @ The Foundry, Philadelphia, PA
November 16, 2023 @ Union Stage, Washington, VA
November 17, 2023  @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
November 18, 2023 @ Royale, Boston, MA
November 21, 2023 @ London Music Hall, London, ON
November 23, 2023 @ History, Toronto, ON
November 24, 2023 @ Kingston Grand Theatre, Kingston, ON
November 25, 2023 @ Algonquin Commons Theatre, Ottawa, ON
November 26, 2023 @ Algonquin Commons Theatre, Ottawa, ON
December 13, 2023 @ MTelus, Montreal, QC
December 14, 2023 @ MTelus, Montreal, QC
December 15, 2023 @ Salle Maurice-O’Bready, Sherbrooke, QC
December 17, 2023 @ Théâtre du Palais Municipal, Saguenay, QC
December 18, 2023 @ Grand Théâtre@ Quebec City, QC

In the USA + Europe, Half Moon Run has partnered with Syrian American Medical Society, a U.S.-based charity that has been actively providing medical care in Syria since 1998. The trio will contribute a portion from each ticket sale to SAMS, which supports 110 medical facilities and over 3,000 medical personnel. For more information please visit the Half Moon Run website.

About Half Moon Run
Since Half Moon Run’s last album, A Blemish in the Great Light (Glassnote/Universal, 2019), the band’s put out three releases—two EPs and a collection of reworked “isolation versions” of older songs. Half Moon Run netted two Juno Awards both for ‘Adult Alternative Album of the Year’ in 2020 for A Blemish in the Great Light, and again in 2022 for their EP Inwards & Onwards. In 2021 they were nominated for ‘Group of the Year’ and also in 2016 for ‘Breakthrough Group.’ Half Moon Run also saw their fourth member, multi-instrumentalist Isaac Symonds, depart the band to move to Western Canada. The remaining trio — Devon Portielje, Conner Molander, and Dylan Phillips —are also the band’s founding trio and the foundation moving forward.

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