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* AbusiveParents: The 'Justin' mentioned in "Helping Hands"; when the social worker/doctor enters his house, his children have "hungry eyes" and his baby daughter is found with marks around her waist. When Justin comes home from his night shift, he wrestles the infant from the 'manicured hands' and presumably ''[[OffingTheOffspring kills]]'' her.
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* AbusiveParents: The 'Justin' boyfriend mentioned in "Helping Hands"; when the social worker/doctor enters his house, his children have "hungry eyes" and his baby daughter is found with marks around her waist. When Justin comes home from his night shift, he wrestles the infant from the 'manicured hands' and presumably ''[[OffingTheOffspring kills]]'' her.
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* CountryMouse: The protagonist (and, in their own words, 'crummy [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] creep from the sticks') of "Capital Letters", who grows disillusioned with the big city not long after moving to it.
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* CountryMouse: The protagonist (and, in their own words, 'crummy [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] creep from the sticks') of "Capital Letters", Letters" describes themselves as a "crummy fucking creep from the sticks" who grows moves to the big city, and quickly becomes disillusioned with it.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Big Good Angel'' is this to thebig city not long after moving to it.already pretty dark-sounding ''Eva Luna'', with a heavier use of noise and dissonance, plus even grimmer subject matter.
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Big Good Angel'' is this to the
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* FilmNoir: Callahan had a ''strong'' interest in film noir, and attempted to emulate its aesthetics in the band's music while the then two-piece was making ''The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow'', combining the band's already moody atmosphere with heavier jazz elements.
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* FilmNoir: Callahan had a ''strong'' ''very'' strong interest in film noir, and attempted to emulate its aesthetics in the band's music while the then two-piece was making ''The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow'', combining the band's already moody atmosphere with heavier jazz elements.
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* IndecipherableLyrics: Most of Fielder's songs on ''Eva Luna'' are hard to make out, not only because of her soft, whispered tone but also the fact that most of her vocals are fairly low-mixed.
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** ''Dirty & Divine'' is this to the rest of the group's discography; it's not a happy-sounding album by any means, but it's more melodic and has a more hopeful outlook to it.
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** ''Secondhand Clothes'' marks a shift away from the shoegaze sound of ''First'', incorporating elements of dub and post-punk.
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** ''Secondhand Clothes'' marks a shift shifts away from the shoegaze sound of ''First'', incorporating elements of dub and post-punk.
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* VoiceOfTheLegion: A subtle-but-effective one on the "Justin, boyfriend / home from nightshift" section on "Helping Hands".
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* VoiceOfTheLegion: A subtle-but-effective one on is used in the "Justin, boyfriend / home from nightshift" section on latter half of "Helping Hands".
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** "Wanderlust" is decidedly not this. Not at all.
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** "Wanderlust" Funnily enough, they have a song actually called "Wanderlust", which is decidedly not this. Not at all.about as far from one of these as you can get.
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After a few live shows, Gifford and Bass would leave to form indie rock group Snowpony, with drumming duties being taken up by Michael Rother (not the one from Music/{{Neu}}). This final lineup would record the group's third and final album, ''Dirty & Divine'', and after the years of self-management and hard touring took their toll, the band amicably split up in 1997. Since then, Callahan has gone on to reform The Wolfhounds, and has teased new Moonshake new material but never provided a release date.
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After a few live shows, Gifford and Bass would leave to form indie rock group Snowpony, with drumming duties being taken up by Michael Rother (not the one from Music/{{Neu}}). This final lineup would record the group's third and final album, ''Dirty & Divine'', and after the years of self-management and hard touring took their toll, the band amicably split up in 1997. Since then, Callahan has gone on to reform The Wolfhounds, and has teased new Moonshake new material but never - so far - hasn't put anything out or provided a release date.
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* DrumAndBass: Though not a full-on [=DnB=] song, "Two Trains" is built upon a wild, jittery breakbeat.
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* DrumAndBass: Though not a full-on [=DnB=] song, "Two Trains" is built upon a wild, jittery breakbeat.breakbeat, as is "Shadows of Tall Buildings" and "House On Fire".
* EpicInstrumentalOpener: "Joker John" is a nearly 5-minute song that takes just under 2 minutes to introduce any vocals.
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* FilmNoir: Callahan had a ''strong'' interest in film noir, and attempted to emulate its aesthetics in the band's music while the then two-piece was making ''The Sound Your Eyes Can Folow'', combining the band's already moody atmosphere with heavier jazz elements.
* GuestStar: Music/PJHarvey contributes guest vocals to "Just A Working Girl".
* GuestStar: Music/PJHarvey contributes guest vocals to "Just A Working Girl".
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* FilmNoir: Callahan had a ''strong'' interest in film noir, and attempted to emulate its aesthetics in the band's music while the then two-piece was making ''The Sound Your Eyes Can Folow'', Follow'', combining the band's already moody atmosphere with heavier jazz elements.
* GuestStar: Music/PJHarvey contributes guest vocals to "Your Last Friend In This Town" and "Just A Working Girl".
* GuestStar: Music/PJHarvey contributes guest vocals to "Your Last Friend In This Town" and "Just A Working Girl".
* LighterAndSofter: While the rest of ''The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow'' is hectic and describes a dirty suburban hellscape, closer "Into Deep Neutral" is a poppier and brighter-sounding tune encouraging the listener to find respite in the face the modern world's chaos and pressure.
** ''Dirty & Divine'' is this to the rest of the group's discography; it's not a happy-sounding album by any means, but it's more melodic and has a more hopeful outlook to it.
** ''Dirty & Divine'' is this to the rest of the group's discography; it's not a happy-sounding album by any means, but it's more melodic and has a more hopeful outlook to it.
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* PerishingAltRockVoice: Of different extremes - Fielder's voice is fairly low and weak-sounding, while Callahan's voice sounds harsh and strained.
* PhonyPsychic: The protagonist of "Seance" calls an old man over to help him contact his dead wife and, upon realising he's a fraud after nothing comes of it, calls him out as exploitative and a 'charlatan' and tells him to get out.
* PhonyPsychic: The protagonist of "Seance" calls an old man over to help him contact his dead wife and, upon realising he's a fraud after nothing comes of it, calls him out as exploitative and a 'charlatan' and tells him to get out.
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* PerishingAltRockVoice: Of different extremes - Fielder's voice is fairly low and weak-sounding, while Callahan's voice sounds harsh harsher and strained.
* PhonyPsychic: The protagonist of "Seance" calls an old man over to help him contact his dead wife and, upon realising he's a fraud after nothing comes of it, calls him out as exploitative anda 'charlatan' and tells him to get out.
* PhonyPsychic: The protagonist of "Seance" calls an old man over to help him contact his dead wife and, upon realising he's a fraud after nothing comes of it, calls him out as exploitative and
* SpokenWordInMusic: "The Grind" features narration by Molly Burnham, describing the 'daily grind' and the desire to escape it.
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* UncommonTime: "Bleach & Salt Water" is in 6/4, and "Little Thing" is in 7/4.
* UrbanHellscape: Where most of their songs take place; many songs discuss everyday, all-too-common issues and like society's ills ("Wanderlust", "City Poison"), the less-than-stable ("Tar Baby", "Two Trains", "Seance"), abusive and neglectful parents ("Helping Hands"), alienation and isolation ("Capital Letters", "Spaceship Earth"), and other similar subjects, all taking place in urban settings.
* UrbanHellscape: Where most of their songs take place; many songs discuss everyday, all-too-common issues and like society's ills ("Wanderlust", "City Poison"), the less-than-stable ("Tar Baby", "Two Trains", "Seance"), abusive and neglectful parents ("Helping Hands"), alienation and isolation ("Capital Letters", "Spaceship Earth"), and other similar subjects, all taking place in urban settings.
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* UncommonTime: UncommonTime:
** "Bleach & Salt Water"is in 6/4, and "The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow" are in 6/4
** "Little Thing"is and "Your Last Friend In This Town" are in 7/4. "Joker John" and "Just A Working Girl" have sections in 7/8.
** "Flow" has 4/4 verses, with a chorus that starts in 5/4 before shifting into 7/4.
* UrbanHellscape: Where most of their songs take place; many songsdiscuss everyday, all-too-common discusss issues and like society's ills ("Wanderlust", "City Poison"), the less-than-stable ("Tar Baby", "Two Trains", "Seance"), abusive and neglectful parents ("Helping Hands"), alienation and isolation ("Capital Letters", "Spaceship Earth"), and other similar subjects, all taking place in urban settings.
** "Bleach & Salt Water"
** "Little Thing"
** "Flow" has 4/4 verses, with a chorus that starts in 5/4 before shifting into 7/4.
* UrbanHellscape: Where most of their songs take place; many songs
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* WanderlustSong: "Capital Letters" involves a 'creep from the sticks' moving to a large city for a better life... and subsequently feeling alienated and disenchanted with how it's dominated by capitalism and materialism.
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* WanderlustSong: "Capital Letters" involves plays with this; it follows a 'creep from the sticks' moving to a large city for a better life... and subsequently feeling alienated and disenchanted with how it's dominated by capitalism and materialism.
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* EpicRocking: "Just a Working Girl" and "Ghosts of Good Intention" from ''The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow'', at 6 and 7 (nearly 8) minutes long respectively. Additionally, "Coming" from ''First'' and "Drop in the Ocean from ''Secondhand Clothes'' both last 6 minutes.
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* EpicRocking: "Just a Working Girl" and "Ghosts of Good Intention" from ''The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow'', at 6 and 7 (nearly 8) minutes long respectively. Additionally, "Coming" from ''First'' and "Drop in the Ocean Ocean" from ''Secondhand Clothes'' both last 6 minutes.
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* Reggae: Moonshake were heavily influenced by dub-reggae, like many other post-rock bands from the time.
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* Reggae: {{Reggae}}: Moonshake were heavily influenced by dub-reggae, like many other post-rock bands from the time.
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* UncommonTime: "Bleach & Salt Water" is in 6/4, and "Little Thing" is in 7/4.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''First'' is a more shoegaze-influenced EP, more in line with Callahan's work with the Wolfhounds. Their later releases featured some shoegaze aspects (e.g "Spaceship Earth" from ''Eva Luna''), but ''First'' is their only release to tackle the style full-on.
* FilmNoir: Callahan had a ''strong'' interest in film noir, and attempted to emulate its aesthetics in the band's music while the then two-piece was making ''The Sound Your Eyes Can Folow'', combining the band's already moody atmosphere with heavier jazz elements.
* GuestStar: Music/PJHarvey contributes guest vocals to "Just A Working Girl".
* GuestStar: Music/PJHarvey contributes guest vocals to "Just A Working Girl".
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "Wanderlust" eventually becomes this;
-->The back stab business deal you just complete
-->You just complete
-->You wanna know why your culture stagnated?
-->Because you locked your garden gate
-->The sharp regards that separate
-->So dig as deeply as you can
-->Gaze on the maker's random plan
* RevolvingDoorBand: Callahan is the only band member who stayed throughout the group's entire run, with other members leaving and rejoining between albums.
* SourOutsideSadInside: The protagonist of "Two Trains";
-->I'm whining, nagging and nervous
-->I'm compulsive, frivolous
-->Overweight and hairy
-->Don't you just wanna meet me
-->The back stab business deal you just complete
-->You just complete
-->You wanna know why your culture stagnated?
-->Because you locked your garden gate
-->The sharp regards that separate
-->So dig as deeply as you can
-->Gaze on the maker's random plan
* RevolvingDoorBand: Callahan is the only band member who stayed throughout the group's entire run, with other members leaving and rejoining between albums.
* SourOutsideSadInside: The protagonist of "Two Trains";
-->I'm whining, nagging and nervous
-->I'm compulsive, frivolous
-->Overweight and hairy
-->Don't you just wanna meet me
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "Wanderlust" eventually becomes this;
-->The back stab business deal you just complete
"City Poison";
-->Youjust complete
walk like a thief into my life
-->Youwanna know why do not respect my bed just for the night
-->You slag off everything that I hold dear
-->And you bring yourculture stagnated?
-->Because you locked your garden gate
-->The sharp regards that separate
-->So dig as deeply as you can
-->Gaze on the maker's random plan
* RevolvingDoorBand: Callahan is the only band member who stayed throughout the group's entire run, with other members leaving and rejoining between albums.
* SourOutsideSadInside: The protagonist of "Two Trains";
-->I'm whining, nagging and nervous
-->I'm compulsive, frivolous
-->Overweight and hairy
-->Don't you just wanna meet mecity poison 'round here
-->The back stab business deal you just complete
-->You
-->You
-->You slag off everything that I hold dear
-->And you bring your
-->Because you locked your garden gate
-->The sharp regards that separate
-->So dig as deeply as you can
-->Gaze on the maker's random plan
* RevolvingDoorBand: Callahan is the only band member who stayed throughout the group's entire run, with other members leaving and rejoining between albums.
* SourOutsideSadInside: The protagonist of "Two Trains";
-->I'm whining, nagging and nervous
-->I'm compulsive, frivolous
-->Overweight and hairy
-->Don't you just wanna meet me
-->You use what is given without debt
-->You spend the commitment like a check
-->You fuck to find your peace of mind, you can't see the mess you leave behind
-->Your progress is empty but sincere
-->And you bring your city poison 'round here
** "Wanderlust" eventually becomes one of these to mankind as a whole, with the "Johnny Vagrant" it initially mentions being a metaphor for all of society's ills.
* Reggae: Moonshake were heavily influenced by dub-reggae, like many other post-rock bands from the time.
* RevolvingDoorBand: Callahan is the only band member who stayed throughout the group's entire run, with other members leaving and joining between albums.
* SourOutsideSadInside: The protagonist of "Two Trains";
-->I'm whining, nagging and nervous
-->I'm compulsive, frivolous
-->Overweight and hairy
-->Don't you just wanna meet me
-->...
-->You spend the commitment like a check
-->You fuck to find your peace of mind, you can't see the mess you leave behind
-->Your progress is empty but sincere
-->And you bring your city poison 'round here
** "Wanderlust" eventually becomes one of these to mankind as a whole, with the "Johnny Vagrant" it initially mentions being a metaphor for all of society's ills.
* Reggae: Moonshake were heavily influenced by dub-reggae, like many other post-rock bands from the time.
* RevolvingDoorBand: Callahan is the only band member who stayed throughout the group's entire run, with other members leaving and joining between albums.
* SourOutsideSadInside: The protagonist of "Two Trains";
-->I'm whining, nagging and nervous
-->I'm compulsive, frivolous
-->Overweight and hairy
-->Don't you just wanna meet me
-->...
* TripHop: Delved into this frequently; "Secondhand Clothes", "Blister", "Wanderlust", "Bleach & Salt Water", "Little Thing", "Girly Loop", "Seance", "Your Last Friend in This Town", "Ghosts of Good Intention", "Cranes", "Gambler's Blues", "The Taboo"...
* UrbanHellscape: Where most of their songs take place; many songs discuss everyday, all-too-common issues and like society's ills ("Wanderlust", "City Poison"), the less-than-stable ("Tar Baby", "Two Trains", "Seance"), abusive and neglectful parents ("Helping Hands"), alienation and isolation ("Capital Letters", "Spaceship Earth"), and other similar subjects, all taking place in urban settings.
* UrbanHellscape: Where most of their songs take place; many songs discuss everyday, all-too-common issues and like society's ills ("Wanderlust", "City Poison"), the less-than-stable ("Tar Baby", "Two Trains", "Seance"), abusive and neglectful parents ("Helping Hands"), alienation and isolation ("Capital Letters", "Spaceship Earth"), and other similar subjects, all taking place in urban settings.
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* VoiceOfTheLegion: A subtle-but-effective one on the "Justin, boyfriend / home from nightshift" section on "Helping Hands".
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* VoiceOfTheLegion: A subtle-but-effective one on the "Justin, boyfriend / home from nightshift" section on "Helping Hands".Hands".
* WanderlustSong: "Capital Letters" involves a 'creep from the sticks' moving to a large city for a better life... and subsequently feeling alienated and disenchanted with how it's dominated by capitalism and materialism.
** "Wanderlust" is decidedly not this. Not at all.
* WanderlustSong: "Capital Letters" involves a 'creep from the sticks' moving to a large city for a better life... and subsequently feeling alienated and disenchanted with how it's dominated by capitalism and materialism.
** "Wanderlust" is decidedly not this. Not at all.
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* CapitalismIsBad: Discusssed in "Capital Letters";
-->And now the world of skinny models
-->Kissing coals [?]
-->And Munich streets laid with marble
-->And Cologne gives off a heavy mist
-->And Paris bridges are all catwalks
-->London stocks [?] grow
-->And I wouldn't trade in New York
-->For all the [?] I could smoke
-->...
-->Well I came in cold but I was never sold
-->That the streets were painted gold
-->People with that kind of pay don't give it away
-->So I guess I'll go collect my paycheck
-->Take some snacks, buy souvenirs
-->And now the world of skinny models
-->Kissing coals [?]
-->And Munich streets laid with marble
-->And Cologne gives off a heavy mist
-->And Paris bridges are all catwalks
-->London stocks [?] grow
-->And I wouldn't trade in New York
-->For all the [?] I could smoke
-->...
-->Well I came in cold but I was never sold
-->That the streets were painted gold
-->People with that kind of pay don't give it away
-->So I guess I'll go collect my paycheck
-->Take some snacks, buy souvenirs
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* ImAHumanitarian: The protagonist of "Flow" mentions how the other character's "skin tastes salty" and "like mushrooms", and how they'd "swallow [them] whole". The first verse also implies {{Autocannibalism}}.
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* ImAHumanitarian: The protagonist of "Flow" mentions how the other character's "skin tastes so salty" and "like mushrooms", and how they'd "swallow [them] whole". The first verse also implies {{Autocannibalism}}.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "Wanderlust" eventually becomes this;
-->The back stab business deal you just complete
-->You just complete
-->You wanna know why your culture stagnated?
-->Because you locked your garden gate
-->The sharp regards that separate
-->So dig as deeply as you can
-->Gaze on the maker's random plan
-->The back stab business deal you just complete
-->You just complete
-->You wanna know why your culture stagnated?
-->Because you locked your garden gate
-->The sharp regards that separate
-->So dig as deeply as you can
-->Gaze on the maker's random plan
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* SourOutsideSadInside: The protagonist of "Two Trains";
-->I'm whining, nagging and nervous
-->I'm compulsive, frivolous
-->Overweight and hairy
-->Don't you just wanna meet me
-->...
-->I'm [?], I never come-a crashing
-->Breathing in and out, in and out, in and out
-->Riverboat low, that's when I'm on board
-->Whatever I get, I still want some more
* ShoutOut: "Wanderlust" begins on the line "Here comes Johnny vagrant", which references and is even sung to the rhythm to the opening line of "Lust For Life" by Music/IggyPop ("here comes Johnny Yen again").
-->I'm whining, nagging and nervous
-->I'm compulsive, frivolous
-->Overweight and hairy
-->Don't you just wanna meet me
-->...
-->I'm [?], I never come-a crashing
-->Breathing in and out, in and out, in and out
-->Riverboat low, that's when I'm on board
-->Whatever I get, I still want some more
* ShoutOut: "Wanderlust" begins on the line "Here comes Johnny vagrant", which references and is even sung to the rhythm to the opening line of "Lust For Life" by Music/IggyPop ("here comes Johnny Yen again").
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Moonshake were an experimental rock/PostRock band lead by Dave Callahan - of indie rock group The Wolfhounds - and (initially) Margaret Fielder - who was also a founding member of fellow post-rock outfit Laika and later a live guitarist with Music/PJHarvey and Music/{{Wire}}.
The band formed in 1991, naming themselves after the Music/{{Can}} song of the same name, releasing their debut EP - aptly titled ''First'' - the same year, [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness following a more shoegaze-rooted sound]]. Their second EP - ''Secondhand Clothes'' leaned more into the more dub-influenced sound they'd become best known for, and their debut album - ''Eva Luna'' - leaned even further into it alongside other genres like breakbeat, noise rock, post-punk, and krautrock.
After ''Eva Luna'', which was highly acclaimed for its unusual use of sampling and eclectic sonic palette - the band released their third EP - ''Big Good Angel'', where Fielder and Callahan contributed three songs each - before the band basically split in half, with Fielder and bassist John Frennett leaving to form Laika after creative differences. The band then became a duo composed of Callahan and drummer Mig Moreland, leading to the creation of the band's second album, the film noir-esque and sax-and-sample-based ''The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow''.
After this, Moreland left to join Moose (leaving Callahan as the sole original member) and would be replaced by new drummer Kevin Bass. Raymond Dickatay (who'd worked on the ''The Sound'' as a guest-saxophonist) joined as a full-time member, followed by Matt Brewer as the new guitarist and Katherine Gifford guest-starring as a female vocalist live.
After a few live shows, Gifford and Bass would leave to form indie rock group Snowpony, with drumming duties being taken up by Michael Rother (not the one from Music/{{Neu}}). This final lineup would record the group's third and final album, ''Dirty & Divine'', and after the years of self-management and hard touring took their toll, the band amicably split up in 1997. Since then, Callahan has gone on to reform The Wolfhounds, and has teased new Moonshake new material but never provided a release date.
!! Discography
* First (EP, 1991)
* Secondhand Clothes (EP, 1991)
* Eva Luna (Album, 1992)
* Big Good Angel (EP/Mini-album, 1993)
* The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow (Album, 1994)
* Dirty & Divine (Album, 1996)
!! Tropes associated with the band include;
* AbusiveParents: The 'Justin' mentioned in "Helping Hands"; when the social worker/doctor enters his house, his children have "hungry eyes" and his baby daughter is found with marks around her waist. When Justin comes home from his night shift, he wrestles the infant from the 'manicured hands' and presumably ''[[OffingTheOffspring kills]]'' her.
* CountryMouse: The protagonist (and, in their own words, 'crummy [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] creep from the sticks') of "Capital Letters", who grows disillusioned with the big city not long after moving to it.
* DrumAndBass: Though not a full-on [=DnB=] song, "Two Trains" is built upon a wild, jittery breakbeat.
* EpicRocking: "Just a Working Girl" and "Ghosts of Good Intention" from ''The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow'', at 6 and 7 (nearly 8) minutes long respectively. Additionally, "Coming" from ''First'' and "Drop in the Ocean from ''Secondhand Clothes'' both last 6 minutes.
* ImAHumanitarian: The protagonist of "Flow" mentions how the other character's "skin tastes salty" and "like mushrooms", and how they'd "swallow [them] whole". The first verse also implies {{Autocannibalism}}.
* IndecipherableLyrics: Most of Fielder's songs on ''Eva Luna'' are hard to make out, not only because of her soft, whispered tone but also the fact that most of her vocals are fairly low-mixed.
* NewSoundAlbum:
** ''Secondhand Clothes'' marks a shift away from the shoegaze sound of ''First'', incorporating elements of dub and post-punk.
** ''The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow'' is a much jazzier effort than the Fielder-era recordings,
* PerishingAltRockVoice: Of different extremes - Fielder's voice is fairly low and weak-sounding, while Callahan's voice sounds harsh and strained.
* PhonyPsychic: The protagonist of "Seance" calls an old man over to help him contact his dead wife and, upon realising he's a fraud after nothing comes of it, calls him out as exploitative and a 'charlatan' and tells him to get out.
* PhraseSaladLyrics: "Tar Baby" appears to be this at first;
-->Magpie, porkpie, don't eat that
-->Buzzard's gizzard, don't eat that
-->Frog in your stomach the size of a fist
-->Don't look away in case you miss
-->Bright blue fishes in the sea
-->Swimming backwards for you and me
-->Licorice eels light up the night
-->Glowing and glowing and glowing bright
* RevolvingDoorBand: Callahan is the only band member who stayed throughout the group's entire run, with other members leaving and rejoining between albums.
* VocalTagTeam: On the releases under their initial lineup, Callahan and Fielder trade vocals every few songs.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: A subtle-but-effective one on the "Justin, boyfriend / home from nightshift" section on "Helping Hands".
Moonshake were an experimental rock/PostRock band lead by Dave Callahan - of indie rock group The Wolfhounds - and (initially) Margaret Fielder - who was also a founding member of fellow post-rock outfit Laika and later a live guitarist with Music/PJHarvey and Music/{{Wire}}.
The band formed in 1991, naming themselves after the Music/{{Can}} song of the same name, releasing their debut EP - aptly titled ''First'' - the same year, [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness following a more shoegaze-rooted sound]]. Their second EP - ''Secondhand Clothes'' leaned more into the more dub-influenced sound they'd become best known for, and their debut album - ''Eva Luna'' - leaned even further into it alongside other genres like breakbeat, noise rock, post-punk, and krautrock.
After ''Eva Luna'', which was highly acclaimed for its unusual use of sampling and eclectic sonic palette - the band released their third EP - ''Big Good Angel'', where Fielder and Callahan contributed three songs each - before the band basically split in half, with Fielder and bassist John Frennett leaving to form Laika after creative differences. The band then became a duo composed of Callahan and drummer Mig Moreland, leading to the creation of the band's second album, the film noir-esque and sax-and-sample-based ''The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow''.
After this, Moreland left to join Moose (leaving Callahan as the sole original member) and would be replaced by new drummer Kevin Bass. Raymond Dickatay (who'd worked on the ''The Sound'' as a guest-saxophonist) joined as a full-time member, followed by Matt Brewer as the new guitarist and Katherine Gifford guest-starring as a female vocalist live.
After a few live shows, Gifford and Bass would leave to form indie rock group Snowpony, with drumming duties being taken up by Michael Rother (not the one from Music/{{Neu}}). This final lineup would record the group's third and final album, ''Dirty & Divine'', and after the years of self-management and hard touring took their toll, the band amicably split up in 1997. Since then, Callahan has gone on to reform The Wolfhounds, and has teased new Moonshake new material but never provided a release date.
!! Discography
* First (EP, 1991)
* Secondhand Clothes (EP, 1991)
* Eva Luna (Album, 1992)
* Big Good Angel (EP/Mini-album, 1993)
* The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow (Album, 1994)
* Dirty & Divine (Album, 1996)
!! Tropes associated with the band include;
* AbusiveParents: The 'Justin' mentioned in "Helping Hands"; when the social worker/doctor enters his house, his children have "hungry eyes" and his baby daughter is found with marks around her waist. When Justin comes home from his night shift, he wrestles the infant from the 'manicured hands' and presumably ''[[OffingTheOffspring kills]]'' her.
* CountryMouse: The protagonist (and, in their own words, 'crummy [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] creep from the sticks') of "Capital Letters", who grows disillusioned with the big city not long after moving to it.
* DrumAndBass: Though not a full-on [=DnB=] song, "Two Trains" is built upon a wild, jittery breakbeat.
* EpicRocking: "Just a Working Girl" and "Ghosts of Good Intention" from ''The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow'', at 6 and 7 (nearly 8) minutes long respectively. Additionally, "Coming" from ''First'' and "Drop in the Ocean from ''Secondhand Clothes'' both last 6 minutes.
* ImAHumanitarian: The protagonist of "Flow" mentions how the other character's "skin tastes salty" and "like mushrooms", and how they'd "swallow [them] whole". The first verse also implies {{Autocannibalism}}.
* IndecipherableLyrics: Most of Fielder's songs on ''Eva Luna'' are hard to make out, not only because of her soft, whispered tone but also the fact that most of her vocals are fairly low-mixed.
* NewSoundAlbum:
** ''Secondhand Clothes'' marks a shift away from the shoegaze sound of ''First'', incorporating elements of dub and post-punk.
** ''The Sound Your Eyes Can Follow'' is a much jazzier effort than the Fielder-era recordings,
* PerishingAltRockVoice: Of different extremes - Fielder's voice is fairly low and weak-sounding, while Callahan's voice sounds harsh and strained.
* PhonyPsychic: The protagonist of "Seance" calls an old man over to help him contact his dead wife and, upon realising he's a fraud after nothing comes of it, calls him out as exploitative and a 'charlatan' and tells him to get out.
* PhraseSaladLyrics: "Tar Baby" appears to be this at first;
-->Magpie, porkpie, don't eat that
-->Buzzard's gizzard, don't eat that
-->Frog in your stomach the size of a fist
-->Don't look away in case you miss
-->Bright blue fishes in the sea
-->Swimming backwards for you and me
-->Licorice eels light up the night
-->Glowing and glowing and glowing bright
* RevolvingDoorBand: Callahan is the only band member who stayed throughout the group's entire run, with other members leaving and rejoining between albums.
* VocalTagTeam: On the releases under their initial lineup, Callahan and Fielder trade vocals every few songs.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: A subtle-but-effective one on the "Justin, boyfriend / home from nightshift" section on "Helping Hands".
