BOSTON INDIE ROCKER THE COLLECT POND RELEASES
"GRUNGE-Y... SHIMMERING"(-BTR TODAY) NEW SINGLE “GO ALONG” ON 8/6
“The Collect Pond reveals chapters of Danny Moffat’s life via ominous reflecting pools… right when the water seems eerily stagnant, a wave of relief arrives to wash away the sticky feeling of malaise…” - Vanyaland
Photo Credit: Mike Mororissey
The Collect Pond is the moniker for Boston-based singer-songwriter and audio engineer Danny Moffat. Today, The Collect Pond premieres the second single "Go Along" from their forthcoming third album Long Range on BTR Today.
“Combing his emotional singer-songwriter style with more grunge-y inspirations is quickly becoming Moffat’s M.O.…vocals express intense emotion with each note, all while surrounded by shimmering strums and picks of the guitar.” - BTR Today
"Go Along" continues the acoustic fuzz-pop fare from last year’s release In the Garden, but ups the ante with electronic production and bigger drums. “I came up with the guitar riff one night and the whole song just kind of revealed itself to me very quickly,” explains Moffat. “It has a distinct 90s feel that turned out to be a poppier version of My Bloody Valentine, or maybe my own version of the Smashing Pumpkins and Oasis.”
It follows “Burrow,” the first album single, with its cascade of guitar textures, twinkling keys, and arena-ready drums with a ghostly voice building throughout, exorcising the fear felt in 2020 into dark atmospheric dream-pop. The cover art for "Burrow" is by fellow musician/artist Kevin Alvir (aka Kevin Hairs).
“Despite its downtrodden cadence, the new track turns the tide on melancholy… the steady shoegaze of ‘Burrow’ comes emboldened by a sense of authority—both over your own headspace, and your country’s future.” - Vanyaland
The Collect Pond is a geographical location in New York, NY, chosen by Moffat for his own music since the imagery of an oasis in the city seemed fitting, as recording and self-expression offered a similar kind of respite, a way to cope with the tenseness that permeates New York life. It also creates of coexisting mix of species in one ecosystem, or musically speaking, a myriad of influences and styles under one name.
On the new album, Long Range (out 9/24), Moffat mixes folk elements from past The Collect Pond output, while adding harder tinged rock elements that raise the stakes sonically. Long Range offers more guitars, more electronic instruments, and more live drums. The result is an amped up sound that takes the listener on a weird and wonderful journey into Moffat’s pandemic escapist headspace.
ABOUT DANNY MOFFAT
Danny Moffat is a recording engineer who began recording under the moniker The Collect Pond while in New York City. There, he assisted on albums for The Happy Fits and Cold Fronts with producer Ayad Aladhamy (Passion Pit), was a session guitarist for BMJ Studios where he laid tracks on “Diamonds” by Que Believe, and worked as a receptionist at Electric Lady Studios.
The first release, The Collect Pond, was a sparse affair, solely acoustic guitars and voice. The first record featured the single “I Never Knew,” which is on the soundtrack to the award-winning short film “Hey Mama” starring Lindsey Broad (The Office, Silicon Valley).
On the follow up, Moffat upped the production value for a rockier sound on In the Garden, which includes the indie-folk single “Traveling,” that found an audience through playlists and received glowing reviews from the music blogosphere.
“BURROW” OUT NOW YOUTUBE || SPOTIFY
“GO ALONG” OUT 8/6
LONG RANGE COMING 9/24/21
