Moon & Pollution's drifting, aimless 'Box Borealis' - Southernminn.com
Moon & Pollution is the duo of songstress Molly Dean and beat master Graham O’Brien (No Bird Sing). The affiliation with No Bird Sing makes them a part of the FIX collective (other members include Alexei Casselle aka Crescent Moon and Joe Horton also of No Bird Sing). Graham’s beats carry weight, the serious kind that you may need a brace for. Title track and album opener “The Box Borealis” begins somewhat shyly, tip toeing into Molly’s airy prism of vocals. The drums feel like some kind of religious processional as they roll and dive into the light airy chanting. On the track which is their namesake, in the synthy ladder climb and breathy pulses of air, you find that Molly Dean’s voice is fiercely delicate. It doesn’t seem to carry a lot of teeth behind it but that doesn’t lessen its effectiveness. There’s a bit of an Amy Lee vibe, in the classical tone but more accurate is to say that it’s what it would sound like if the empress from The Neverending Story sang. It’s one of the few with discernable lyrics, “don’t lose, don’t lose, don’t lose yourself in it” cycles over and over. Source: www.southernminn.com
