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Half Moon Run performs "Full Circle" and "I Can't Figure Out What's Going On" live for Indie88 in the Stiegl Hidden Studio. Half Moon Run will be the first to admit they don't know what's in store next for the band. The Montreal locals have already released two widely acclaimed albums since their start in 2009, both demonstrating their impressive outside-the-box songwriting. With a few years of heavy touring under their belts, they've grown and learned a lot and are looking forward to using that experience on their next project.
Montreal-based Half Moon Run, a household name thanks to albums Dark Eyes and Sun Leads Me On, is home to take part in the Global Citizen concert on September 17.
Conner talks about Montreal, the Global Citizen show and that time the band had to take an Uber back to Canada on Breakfast Television.
One of Canada’s dreamiest bands is returning to Edmonton this Winter. Half Moon Run perform at Winspear December 18th and the band called SONiC before their Cross-Canada theatre tour to talk downtime, new music and more. Get tickets to their Edmonton gig HERE and hear from the bands’ keyboardist/guitarist/vocalist below. LISTEN – Connor talks tour downtime, …
Half Moon Run with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (via Facebook)
Lana talks to Conner Molander from Half Moon Run about their songwriting, how they achieve the intensity in their songs, and the evolution of their live show.
Lana from Indie 88 met up with Conner Molander last month at WayHome to talk about the band’s songwriting, how they achieve the intensity in their songs, and the evolution of their live show.
Ahead of their Aussie tour, Half Moon Run chat about why they don't have a bass player and that time they travelled between the USA and Canada in an Uber.
“ You don’t want to be bullshitting people, because they can tell.” - Conner Molander
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[3/3] “When we hit rock bottom we were recording the first album. At least there was still the album we were making, and I could see that was a goal. But take that away, and I had no hope. But I still had hope so I didn’t quite reach the depth of total despair, feeling completely depressed. I’ve never really felt that to be honest, I would say that I have a pretty good capacity for joy; I’m naturally quite a happy person, and that’s lucky. But there was a time when we were making the record… we had no fans at the time, and I’d work in a pizza place first thing in the morning, and then we would record all day, and it went on for months and months. And I never had any money, I had like negative money, and then I came home one day and found there were bed bugs in my house. I got so stressed out my arms tensed up, and I was physically falling apart, drinking a lot, and I just felt total despair. And it was the depth of winter! But I still had hope for the record, and it’s not a pity story because everything worked out so well, and we had to go through that.”
[Conner is the singer, guitarist and keyboardist of Half Moon Run, and we met him thanks to our friends at URBANIA.]
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[3/3] « Quand on a touché le fond on enregistrait le premier album. Au moins il y avait toujours cet album qu’on faisait, et je le voyais comme un but final. Mais enlèves ça, et je n’avais aucun espoir. Mais j’avais toujours de l’espoir donc je n’ai pas vraiment touché les profondeurs du désespoir total, à me sentir complètement déprimé. Je n’ai jamais ressenti ça pour être honnête, je dirais que j’ai une assez bonne capacité à être joyeux ; je suis une personne assez naturellement heureuse, et je suis chanceux. Mais il y a eu un moment quand on enregistrait l’album… on n’avait pas de fans à l’époque, et je travaillais dans une pizzeria tous les matins, et ensuite on enregistrait toute la journée, et ça a duré pendant des mois et des mois. Et je n’avais jamais d’argent, j’avais de l’argent négatif, et je suis rentré chez nous un jour et j’ai trouvé des punaises de lit dans l’appartement. Ça m’a tellement stressé que mes bras se sont tendus, et je m’effondrais physiquement, je buvais beaucoup, et j’étais juste en désespoir total. Et c’était en plein milieu de l’hiver ! Mais j’avais de l’espoir pour l’album, et ce n’est pas une histoire triste parce que les choses ont vraiment bien été ensuite, et il fallait qu’on passe par là. »
[Conner est le chanteur, guitariste et clavieriste de Half Moon Run, et nous l'avons rencontré grâce à l'aide de nos amis de URBANIA.]
[1/3] “I’m the first child of five; when I was first born my mother was in her late twenties, and she’s devoted so much energy and love to me that I was kind of given every opportunity. The foundation of love and understanding between us allowed me to be a fearless person; I felt invincible because she convinced me that there’s nothing to be scared of. And the most important thing for my mother, I know, is the engagement with me and with all of her kids. She watched these lives come out of little tiny babies, and she developed the closest possible relationship with these humans; as we drift off and become our own people, the most important thing for her is that we maintain that closeness. I could do anything, fly her around the world, buy her a house, if I wasn’t present for her, emotionally, none of it would matter. All of us in the band have been taking steps in the last year or two, to rebuild that part of our lives, because the initial part of the Half Moon Run project involved a lot of sacrifice. Of almost everything. We all dropped out of school, quit our job, lost our personal relationships with our friends, had no money for a long, long time. And that was all necessary sacrifice in those days, and then it came to a point where you have to draw a line, you have to build these things back up or else you won’t have anything to give. I was so afraid of it, and I feel a sadness about growing older because I’m never gonna be as close with my brothers as I was when we were on our camping trip fifteen years ago. You try to, and you try to remember those things, but it’s never gonna be quite the same. I look forward to having my own family and repeating the process.”
[Conner is the singer, guitarist and keyboardist of Half Moon Run, and we met him thanks to our friends at URBANIA.]
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[1/3] « Je suis le premier de cinq enfants ; quand je suis né ma mère était dans la fin de la vingtaine, et elle m’a dévoué tellement d’énergie et d’amour que ça m’a en quelque sorte donné toutes les opportunités. Les fondements d’amour et de compréhension entre nous m’ont permis d’être une personne qui ne connaît pas la peur ; je me sentais invincible parce qu’elle m’a convaincu qu’il n’y a rien dont on devrait avoir peur. Et la chose la plus importante pour ma mère, je le sais, c’est la relation avec moi et avec tous ses enfants. Elle a regardé ces vies se construire à partir de petits bébés, et elle a développé la relation la plus proche possible avec ces humains ; alors qu’on s’éloigne et qu’on devient des adultes, la chose la plus importante pour elle c’est qu’on maintienne cette proximité. Je pourrais faire n’importe quoi, lui faire faire le tour du monde, lui acheter une maison, si je n’étais pas là pour elle, émotionnellement, rien de tout ça n’aurait d’importance. Dans le band, on a tous pris des mesures au cours des deux dernières années pour reconstruire cette partie de nos vies, parce que le projet initial de Half Moon Run a impliqué beaucoup de sacrifices. De presque tout. On a tous quitté l’école, quitté nos jobs, perdu nos relations personnelles avec nos amis, on n’avait pas d’argent pendant un long, long moment. Et tout ça c’était des sacrifices nécessaires à ce moment-là, et c’est arrivé à un point où il faut tirer un trait, il faut reconstruire toutes ces choses sinon tu n’as plus rien à offrir. J’avais tellement peur de ça, et je ressens une tristesse en grandissant parce que je ne vais jamais être aussi proche de mes frères que je l’étais quand on partait camper il y a 15 ans. Tu essaies, et tu essaies de te souvenir de ces choses, mais ce ne sera jamais vraiment pareil. J’ai hâte d’avoir ma propre famille pour répéter le processus. »
[Conner est le chanteur, guitariste et clavieriste de Half Moon Run, et nous l'avons rencontré grâce à l'aide de nos amis de URBANIA.]
Half Moon Run under the rain at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu’s International de mongolfières (August 2016) | Photo © Charlie Martel via Facebook
Montreal band Half Moon Run talk about playing Osheaga.
Half Moon Run performing a Pop-Up show at Église Saint-Coeur-De-Marie as a part of Festival d'été de Québec (July 2016) | Photo © André-Olivier Lyra
Portielje and his bandmates demonstrated exactly why they’re considered one of the hottest new acts in the world. Great songs, terrific musicianship and a no-holds-barred level of performance – plus a dazzling light show – added up to a spellbinding concert.
Lynn Saxberg, Ottawa Citizen
Watch Half Moon Run perform I Can’t Figure Out What’s Going On for 3FM Radio at Best Kept Secret Festival. (June 2016)
Watch Half Moon Run perform Call Me In The Afternoon at Glastonbury (June 2016)
Conner Molander talks Devon’s last name and the band’s pre-show safari on Dutch radio station 3FM at Best Kept Secret Festival (June 2016)