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Album review of ‘the Holy Noise’ by Damon Moon & the Whispering Drifters

    Damon Moon’s new album ‘the Holy Noise’ is a clever, grunge and folk rock combo sure to put you into a trance with it’s droning tones and mellow drums. It’s a well put together 6 song EP, with a theme of melancholy that lingers on from track to track. This is Damon’s third release, and probably his most fresh and comfortable one to date. The songwriting is true and obviously heartfelt, bluesy and hopeless at times, yet a note of hope finds its way through the poignant lyrics.

    The whole album feels like some sort of withdrawal from alcohol or heroin, there is a lot of tranced out stuff, like floating through a dream. And yet the author is always there to make sure that the journey is on track. Damon Moon has a fantastic voice. You can tell that these songs are the culmination of a lifetime of work, although it would seem that this EP is a precursor to something bigger. One can only hope.

    The drummer is also very interesting. For those of you into avant garde styles of drumming, this album is a great one. Damon’s work has paid off in providing the right environment for the certain kind of drumming that can only be characterized as ‘story-telling’. There are an array of instruments on the record, but typically they come through as tones, which is a departure from the radio standard guitar sound, keyboard sound. This is definitely a great EP for just that reason. Damon Moon has opened the door up brazenly for a new generation of singer songwriters that wanted to do something different than the norm. And when it comes back to that ‘standard’ song style, it almost sounds even better. This album definitely deserves multiple listens, for just a peek into the world of Damon Moon and the Whispering Drifters.

    In summary, Damon Moon pulls this EP off like a pro. It has all the elements of a good album, good songs, deep fathoming into the human psyche, surprises, great sounds and a great mentality about the whole things. I highly encourage fans to find the album at Find more out about Damon Moon on his website at http://twentyechoes.blogspot.com/ or myspace at http://www.myspace.com/dmatwd.