Alt-Folk Combo Whiskey Moon Face To Release New Album Formless Forms This March

Alt-Folk Combo Whiskey Moon Face is set to release upcoming album Formless Forms on March 23rd. The Alt Folk collective have some serious clout when its comes to knowing their instruments spending many years in New Orleans playing with Tuba Skinny and Tuba Fats. Their sound is like pure honey, Louisa's vocals will resonate with fans of Joanna Newsome.

Louisa and Ewan lived together with a group of people at The George, a 150 year old Victorian east London pub that by night opened as a music venue. Ewan started to play with Louisa's music after hearing it through the bedroom wall. Previous to this Louisa had spent some years travelling. It was on a trip to Ireland, that she met and was influenced by a Celtic melodeon player who she lived with for a while on Sherkin Ireland, off the west coast of Ireland. Later she spent time in Northern India, learning Dhrupad with the Gunducha Brothers, meanwhile Ewan met Jim Ydstie (Dakota Jim) in London and then later the three of them then began busking and gigging together.

Dakota Jim had spent many years playing in New Orleans and America with Tuba Fats. He arrived in Europe on a tour twenty years ago. Ewan Bleach has also spent time in New Orleans playing with Tuba Skinny. Their time spent playing jazz has been a strong influence on the band. Louisa writes the music and lyrics, and on most of the songs, Jim and Ewan improvise their parts so every time it's slightly different.

The band all live in London, travelling for gigs around Europe, Russia and America.

The special guests in the band are all good friends of Jim, Louisa and Ewan. A lot of them play in Ewan's band The Cable Street Rag Band. Russian trombonist Anton Wunderlich lives in Berlin.

The album was recorded by Nick Taylor at Porcupine Studios in Mottingham, South East London.

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