Moontype w/ Jailbait

MASKS ARE REQUIRED AT NOVA EVENTS.

The three players in Chicago’s Moontype orbited each other for years before they came in phase. Bodies of Water, their debut album for local label Born Yesterday, documents travel, insecurity, friendship, and the titular element—all of which are representative of the band members’ strong connection to place and to one another. “Being rooted in the landscape became important to me while studying geology, which completely changed how I think about the world,” offers songwriter, vocalist and bassist Margaret McCarthy of the album’s central themes. The arrangements themselves feel like open-hearted negotiations; sparse fingerpicking gives way to saturated tube-screaming as naturally as the changing of tides. Over twelve tracks, Moontype revels in the woozy concoction of its many influences, but always lands on punchy hooks, shifting between arrangements both spacious and mystifying without abandoning their conversational warmth.

An indie band based in New England, Jailbait released their first single, "Sixteen Ain't So Sweet" in August 2018, along with a DIY music video. They soon began writing more songs to perform shows and eventually released their EP, "Get Well Soon!" in December 2018.