Moth Fight
Mothfight Promotional Image, October 2009
Background information
Origin	Austin, Texas/Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres	Glo-fi, shitgaze, indie pop, neo-psychedelia, experimental
Years active	2007–present
Members	Kevin Attics Jessica Boettger Clarke Dominick Mike Yaklin
Website	[1]

Moth Fight is an American experimental pop outfit based in Austin, Texas. Their sound is a blend of orchestral instrumentation (trumpets, cellos, violins, banjos, barbershop harmony), tape loops, samples, synthesizers, and circuit bent toys.

Discography[edit]

US singles[edit]

• Hopscotch (2007) Natrix Natrix Records

Compilations[edit]

• "Rev. Sharp's Invention (Live)" featured on Technicolor Yawn: KVRX Local Live Vol. 12 (2008) KVRX
• "A Long Way from Home" featured on HABITAT (2008) Asthmatic Kitty

Trivia[edit]

• The song "Hopscotch" is apparently inspired by Julio Cortázar's novel Hopscotch and includes lyrics written in Gliglish, the constructed language La Maga teaches Horacio.^[1]

• "Hopscotch, pt. 2" references both Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky and the Grimm Brothers' White and Black Bride

See also[edit]

• Music of Austin

References[edit]

Sources consulted

• Carver, Shea, (Encore Magazine) Idyllic Orchestration: Moth!Fight! talk art, childhood and sounds of organizedchaos, retrieved 2007-10-24
• Shragin, Adam, Austinist Show Review: A Victorian Pageant at The Mohawk, archived from the original on 2007-10-19, retrieved 2007-10-24
• Wildsmith, Steve, The Daily Times: Childlike Mothfight brings show to The Pilot Light, retrieved 2007-10-24
• Gross, John, Moth Fight Interview, retrieved 2010-01-07

Endnotes

External links[edit]

• Myspace