The Magnificent Moon
The opening track and lead single of Phase, in which a narrator patches a hole in his space suit with gum.
Mildlife, from Phase (2018)
Dummy premiered it as a single on November 2, 2017, calling the band a four-piece from Melbourne mixing jazz, psychedelia and disco, and Bandcamp quotes Dummy's description of a colossal adventure throughout the group's psyche. Tom Shanahan told Dummy it is the veteran journeyman of the record, with a more considered direction than the rest, and that near the outro the narrator realizes he may have gone too far, and that his space suit has a hole, which he patches with gum. McDowell plays synthesizer, Rhodes and vocals, Halliwell guitar, Shanahan bass, Donald drums and Craig Shanahan congas.
Indie Shuffle's Dylan Heneck wrote on November 13, 2017 that he thought it was the Stranger Things theme, and compared it with Floating Points, Yussef Kamaal and Vulfpeck. Tornado Wallace remixed it for the Mildlife Remixed EP. We found no chart entry, video or setlist count; a claim that DJ Harvey included an album track on a compilation could not be confirmed.
Sources
- Premiere: Mildlife, The Magnificent Moon, Dummy (2017-11-02)
- Mildlife, The Magnificent Moon, Indie Shuffle (2017-11-13)
- Phase, Mildlife
- Mildlife, Wikipedia