{"id":26355,"date":"2013-10-17T10:01:32","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T10:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-moving-mountains-moving-mountains\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:29:19","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:29:19","slug":"album-review-moving-mountains-moving-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-moving-mountains-moving-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Moving Mountains &#8211; Moving Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/tumblr_inline_mupt4oaa8D1qztcot.jpg\" title=\"\">The third album from New York foursome <strong>Moving Mountains<\/strong> is phenomenal. Nothing short. This self-titled release is a near perfect example of heart breaking brilliance put down on tape (or put down as digital files \u2013 \u2018tape\u2019 sounds nicer). From the off, as <em>\u2018Swing Set\u2019<\/em> arrives through the feedback this is just a lovely album. Always building to an emotional climax that I feel most should never reach. Later, as <em>\u2018Hudson\u2019<\/em> makes its way towards its conclusion I am simply awed that this record exists, that there are people who haven\u2019t heard it yet, and I feel for those people who may never hear it.<!-- more --><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>From <em>\u2018Hudson\u2019<\/em>, <em>\u2018Moving Mountains\u2019<\/em> continues on through three more gorgeous scenes until, still as sublime as his vocals were at the beginning, Gregory Dunn at last gives way to one final drum beat before <em>\u2018Moving Mountains\u2019<\/em> succumbs altogether. With it, seemingly, the band themselves have gone \u2013 having since announced their indefinite hiatus.<\/p>\n<p>I could sit and write thousands of words about this record but in the end I\u2019d only be taking time away from you hearing it in full. Somewhere between Elliott Smith and Jesse Lacey lie <strong>Moving Mountains<\/strong> \u2013 devastating and yet eternally uplifting. Perhaps because for every shitty thing you\u2019ve ever felt, there\u2019s this record.<\/p>\n<p>5\/5<\/p>\n<p><em>Moving Mountains<\/em> by <strong>Moving Mountains<\/strong> is out now on <strong>Triple Crown Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Moving Mountains<\/strong> links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movmou.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>|<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MovingMountains\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">|<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/movmou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Words by Thomas Knott (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/nounandthenouns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@nounandthenouns<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The third album from New York foursome Moving Mountains is phenomenal. Nothing short. 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