NYC bands on the rise: Ohnomoon plays Don Pedro on 09.02

Ohnomoon may not seem like they’re in a rush, but trust me… they’re moving plenty fast. While their music’s got the whole slow-motion moodiness thing down pat, this Astoria-based band’s been laying a fast path around town. They played their first show just this past January, and have been playing out almost every weekend since. They recorded a bunch of material last March at Astoria Soundworks, and the one song they released from this record has hit its download limit on the band’s Soundcloud after being available for less than a month. The slowly ambling ‘Sleeping Limbs’ has a hook that pulls inward as singer Kat Lee breathes out ‘Protect me from what I Want’ into the track’s many empty spaces. This somnambulant moodiness gives way to a riotous finish when the band tries their best to disturb Kat’s softly pedaling vocals… but to no avail. Kat knows what she wants and keeps pace to her own rhythm, and I’m excited to see where she takes things next. Hopefully they’ll give us some new recordings soon. For now, they’ve got a couple shows coming up in early September. See them when they play at Don Pedro on September 2, and check out ‘Sleeping Limbs’ here. – Mike Levine (@goldnuggets)