The California/Danish dream pop four-piece Moon Panda return today with the new single ‘Butterknife’ from their upcoming third album, Dumb Luck, due October 3 via Moon Panda/Virgin Music Group. Moon Panda will head out on tour this autumn in the Northeast and West Coast of the U.S. Pre-Order On All Formats Here.
Recorded largely in Myers’ and guitarist Gustav Moltke’s home studio, with bassist/keyboardist George Godwin producing, and Josh Cabitac behind the kit, the band handed off the nearly finished material to producer Adam Thein (Djo), with whom they worked previously on 2023’s Sing Spaceship, Sing!. The final product is their most sensuous work to date, with hints of The Cardigans or even The Carpenters – somewhat blissed out while also tackling life’s emotional challenges.
“‘Dumb Luck’ is probably the most collaborative album we’ve made as a band. It has little pieces of all of us within it and feels really special,” adds Myers. “Like this little mix of all our different characteristics – it’s got my softness and introspection, Gustav’s humour and explosiveness, Josh’s thoughtful precision, and George’s wonky wizardry just kind of blankets over everything. I hope people can feel the care and love that went into these songs that mean so much to us as a collective.”
Since 2023, Myers and Moltke left Copenhagen for Maddy’s Southern California and started a family – two events that understandably had a profound impact on Dumb Luck. “Holy moly, becoming a mom is the best thing to ever happen to me but damn, those first months postpartum were so hard,” notes Myers. “The hormonal rollercoaster let me experience the heartache and devastation of someone going through times much worse than I’ve experienced – and that darkness shows in some of the lyrics. It was like losing yourself, your creative identity, and then finding it again in a completely new way. And it’s kind of sad…because you realize you’ll never be the same person that you were again. But then that’s okay because you’re growing and changing and opening up space to be more.”
Dumb Luck is Moon Panda’s “band album”, written and recorded with Godwin and Cabitac. The title, Dumb Luck, is a partial nod to this, a reference to the pure good fortune of being able to create art with three other individuals who came together living in different parts of the globe, but somehow making it work, and coming together closer than ever before.
And with Dumb Luck, Moon Panda have created their finest work yet.
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