Reviews of Intro / Outro:
Press for Think Pink IV: Return to Deep Space:
Reviews of Helios Rising:
Reviews of Mission Collapse in the Twin Sun Megaverse:
"Great
mid-60's
era
psychedelic
rock.
It’s
a
real
treat
-
it's
the
best
of
what
Moths
&
Locusts
do,
very
much
in
that
Hawkwind
space-rock
vibe,
and
it's
got
Twink
on
it!
For
the
psych
heads
out
there,
this
is
right
up
your alley"
Sound Opinions - WBEZ Chicago
“Featuring
members
of
Moths
&
Locusts,
Sloan
and
Wolf
Parade
as
his
Canandian
backing
band
…
the
74-year-old
absolutely rips into the unknown with heavy psych.”
NPR
"Twink
remains
invested
in
the
hippie
ideal,
his
London-accented
voice
still
clear
as
a
bell
across
these
nine
tracks
of
slow
burn
psychedelia
and
cosmic-garage.
The
playing
throughout
is
trippy
but
fluid,
cruising
through the stars rather than tearing up the void." 4 Stars
Shindig
“It’s
a
beautiful
thing
when
an
important,
yet
obscure
artist
from
decades
past
turns
up
and
releases
something fantastic, new, and relevant.”
Psychedelic Baby Magazine
“The
exceptional
Twink.
Feels
like
a
journey.
Absolute
magic.
It
feels
like
you’ve
drifter
further
into
the
farthest reaches of the cosmos.“
From the Bottom of the Record Box Podcast
“This
collaboration
wields
plenty
of
mind
altering
musical
voyages
featuring
a
variety
of
sounds
emerging
from
behind
the
cosmic
candy
counter.
Lyrically
the
album
is
rooted
partly
in
fantasy
and
partly
in
reality,
the
words
coming
off
as
mantras
emerging
from
a
dream
while
musically
the
band
open
up
portals
to
other
worlds.
This
collaboration
successfully
ties
a
contemporary
sound
to
Twink’s
already
established
psychedelia,
resulting in an album that sounds fresh but has deep ties to older conventions of psych.”
The Gogo Magic Show
"The
third
album
by
Canadian
space-rockers
Moths
&
Locusts
continues
their
ongoing
mission
of
setting
both
the
controls and volume knob for the heart of the sun."
Shindig
"for
me
is
exactly
what
I
want
my
music
to
be
about
...
a
remarkable
forty
minutes
of
music
that
is
so
varied
and
expansive
that
it
feels
much
longer
because
there
is
so
much
going
on
here.
This
is
because
‘Intro/
Outro’
is
the
sound
of
a
band
taking
chances,
the
sound
of
a
band
who
are
not
afraid
to
experiment,
and
the
sound of a band on the move."
Psych Insight
"Moths
&
Locusts
have
a
real
game-changer
of
an
album
on
their
hands
here..they
have
subverted
the
psych
form
to create a beast of many different colours."
Dayz of Purple and Orange
There’s
high
energy
riffs,
songwriting
dynamics,
and
lots
of
natural
melody.
It’s
tight,
well
crafted
and
carefully
arranged,
avoiding
overstatement
and
meaningless
pedal
stomping.
It
has
an
improvisational
quality,
but
it’s
full
of
consciously
memorable
vocal
lines.
And
perhaps
the
most
unique
aspect
is
that
the
overall
experience is smoothly serene and sustained, but also neat and concise.”
The Sleeping Shaman
“It
has
a
cosmic
shoegaze
vibe
at
times
and
straight
up
space
rock
at
others...but
it
all
amounts
to
an
immersive
ten
minutes
filled
with
fuzzy
guitar....joy!
…
It
has
pretty
much
everything
one
could
want
in
a
release,
it
steps
up
the
tempo
and
density
when
it
needs
to
but
combines
this
with
more
introspective
moments
that verge on ethereal at times.”
Dayz of Purple and Orange
“A
brave
quartet
that
is
not
afraid
to
experiment,
within
heavy
reverb
tubes,
metallic
agreements
soiled
by
space
dust,
intelligent
sound
interpretations
and
without
force.
In
their
music,
melodic
neurotic
and
aggressive
lines
collide
with
the
groove,
the
sensitivity
of
the
riffs
and
a
research
that
seems,
from
2013
debut, has made considerable interesting progress that are sublimate in this brand new “Helios Rising”.
There
are
obsessive
riffs,
almost
of
cruel
beauty,
feedback
stretched
up
to
implode
within
the
melodic
constructions.
Magmatic
explosions
barely
contained
by
the
ferocious
low
mindful
of
Lemmy
lesson,
but
also
influenced by the pounding beat of Geezer.”
Dandysme
“The
result
is
indeed
a
very
powerful
set
of
songs
…
combining
melody
and
power
to
create
something
that
is
both
heavy
and
anthemic
…
Yes
they
rock
out,
but
the
unexpected
and
the
experimental
is
never
far
away.
Be
clear
this
is
not
experimental
music
per
se,
but
is
is
the
sound
of
a
band
bending
and
stretching
what
they
are playing, and moulding into something that is superbly well-crafted and satisfying… Moths and Locusts
seem
to
all
the
time
be
looking
for
new
ways
around
established
patterns
to
create
soundscapes
that
are
at
once familiar yet somehow other.”
Backseat Mafia
“a
force
of
nature
and
makes
a
beeline
for
the
jugular,
never
letting
go
until
the
end…It
is
a
shape-shifting,
time
traveling
tapestry
for
a
spaceman
wending
his
way
through
the
cosmos.
Highly
recommended
for
fans
of
psych jams and generally groovy and tripped out tunes.”
Echoes and Dust
“On
Helios
Rising
mind
bending
psychedelia
intertwines
with
grunge
metal,
punk,
garage
rock,
surf,
German
avant-garde,
Sun
Ra,
prog,
James
Blood
Ulmer
and
a
multitude
of
other
influences.
The
music
here
is
trance
inducing. The vocals sound devotional, even prayer like, as if sung by cosmic monks.”
BC Musician Magazine
“Helios
Rising
ist
ein
erstklassiges
und
facettenreiches
Album
geworden.
Es
ist
voll
von
spielerischen
Ideen
und Freiheiten, aber auch von Trauer und Melancholie.”
Rock Blog Blue Spot
“Moths
and
Locusts
clearly
realise
the
power
of
a
good
tune
though,
as
this
most
recent
in
a
long
series
of
releases
from
the
Canadian
quartet,
Helios
Rising,
is
every
bit
as
melodic
as
it
is
heavy.
The
guitars
craft
distorted
melodies
not
a
million
miles
away
from
Queens
Of
The
Stone
Age
at
their
more
aggressive;
and
vocals
are clean, clear and well sung.
Although
Helios
Rising's
compositions
lack
the
repetitive,
long
form
jamming
of
Space
Rock,
the
album
does
have
the
genre's
signature
bleeps
and
bloops
in
plentiful
supply
throughout,
adding
a
psychedelic
element
to
the group's sound. It's an effective embellishment that manages to never distract from the song itself.”
Burning Beard
"Traveling
between
ethereal
effervescence
and
mind
bending
sonic
tsunamis,
Mission
Collapse
in
the
Twin
Sun
Megaverse
goes
straight
for
the
third
eye
and
converts
precious
grey
matter
into
a
psychotropical
fruit
smoothie"
BC Musician Magazine
"Motionless
yet
stormy
rhythmic
changes
fuzz
your
perception
of
time.
...
Just
when
you’ve
figured
out
the
feeling
that
has
swallowed
your
body,
another
clean
and
heavy
riff
presents
a
solitary
black
hole
from
which
gravity prevents any of your insanity from escaping."
weirdcanada.com
“The
verbosely-titled
debut
LP
from
Nanaimo’s
local
psych-rockers
is
as
ambitiously-named
as
it
is
ambitiously
orchestrated.
The
name
brings
about
images
of
some
sci-fi
rock
epic,
and
to
some
degree
this
could
very
well
be
the
soundtrack
to
anintergalactic
outing.
Musically,
the
album
draws
from
the
well
of
psych-rock
and
post-rock,
with a heavy focus on guitars above all else. The band also doesn’t seem to factor in restraint — and
that
isn’t
a
bad
thing.
A
band
that
isn’t
afraid
to
put
eight-minute
tracks
alongside
two-minute
ones
shows
a
certain amount of courage.”
grayowlpoint.com
Press for Exoplanets:
“This
album
kicks
straight
in
with
the
pumping
rock
blast
of
Cocaine
Kangaroo,
but
over
the
course
of
two
sides
draws
you
in
to
another
dimension
of
sound,
a
whole
exoplanet
of
alien
psych.
This
is
one
of
those
classic
records
that
repays
repeated
listens
–
the
more
you
listen
the
more
detail
is
revealed.
Powerful,
trippy and evolving, brilliant stuff!”
Psych Lovers Top 20 Albums of 2020
"Moths
and
Locusts
specialize
in
droning,
melting
fuzz-heavy
grooves
served
up
in
an
echo-chamber
of
stereophonic goo."
Vancouver Sun
"Rhythmic
pulses
for
your
heart,
synth
sweeps
that
your
ears
crave,
and
fuzzed
guitar
that
weighs
on
your
brain. "
Infinite Spin Radio
"One
thing
that
is
certain
is
the
music
rocks
hard
in
a
pool
of
awesome
weirdness....This
album
has
a
distinct
psychedelic vibe, not the kind from 1960 but from 2100."
The Psych Rock
"each consecutive song a new world and atmosphere is explored"
Weirdo Shrine
"seeming
to
harness
stability
out
of
liquefaction,
and
ending
the
pattern
of
who-knows-what
like
a
breathing
exercise
that’s
readying
listeners
to
return
to
their
real
lives
after
being
so
immersed
in
Moths
&
Locusts‘
preternatural quirk"
The Obelisk
“they
are
one
of
a
select
pack
who
seem
to
start
afresh
with
each
album…the
tracks
are
eclectic,
but
have
those
flourishes
every
so
often
which
bring
you
back
to
the
Moths
and
Locusts
mothership…Now
you
really
are
in
a
cosmic
tunnel
powering
your
way
through
a
luminescent
tie-dye
universe
heading
straight
for
the
third-eye
of
a storm nebula”
Fragmented Flanneur
“Listening
to
this
record
makes
you
feel
you
are
a
Star
Fleet
officer
dressed
in
red
just
about
to
beam
down
to an alien world where you just know you are going to die.”
Isolation Records
“A
majestic
space
symphony
that
scrutinizes
the
dark
matter
and
detects
the
roar
of
the
universe,
sees
extrasolar
worlds
by
capturing
the
harmonics
of
living
organisms
and
communicating
with
them.
A
sound
that
crosses the boundaries of radiant perception where the art of exploration knows no bounds.”
pleniROCKium
“Moths
and
Locusts.
Both
can
fly,
both
are
transformational,
both
signify
progress.With
Exoplanets,
Moths
&
Locusts are more than ready to carry on their existential travels into a second decade.”
Cups n Cakes
“This
is
music
that
lives
on
the
edge
of
the
sonic
imagination.
This
is
music
for
transcendence,
for
meditation, and for wayfaring.”
50Thirdand3rd
“This
is
a
very
remarkable
work
that
shows
the
world
that
the
ideal
of
space-rock
is
still
alive
and
well
within the avant-garde rock scene of the new millennium. A highly recommended album.”
Autopoietican
Reviews of Intro / Outro:
Reviews of Helios Rising:
Reviews of Mission Collapse in the Twin Sun Megaverse:
"Great
mid-60's
era
psychedelic
rock.
It’s
a
real
treat
-
it's
the
best
of
what
Moths
&
Locusts
do,
very
much
in
that
Hawkwind
space-rock
vibe,
and
it's
got
Twink
on
it!
For
the
psych heads out there, this is right up your alley"
Sound Opinions - WBEZ Chicago
“Featuring
members
of
Moths
&
Locusts,
Sloan
and
Wolf
Parade
as
his
Canandian
backing
band
…
the
74-year-old
absolutely rips into the unknown with heavy psych.”
NPR
"Twink
remains
invested
in
the
hippie
ideal,
his
London-
accented
voice
still
clear
as
a
bell
across
these
nine
tracks
of
slow
burn
psychedelia
and
cosmic-garage.
The
playing
throughout
is
trippy
but
fluid,
cruising
through
the stars rather than tearing up the void." 4 Stars
Shindig
“It’s
a
beautiful
thing
when
an
important,
yet
obscure
artist
from
decades
past
turns
up
and
releases
something
fantastic, new, and relevant.”
Psychedelic Baby Magazine
“The
exceptional
Twink.
Feels
like
a
journey.
Absolute
magic.
It
feels
like
you’ve
drifter
further
into
the
farthest reaches of the cosmos.“
From the Bottom of the Record Box Podcast
“This
collaboration
wields
plenty
of
mind
altering
musical
voyages
featuring
a
variety
of
sounds
emerging
from
behind
the
cosmic
candy
counter.
Lyrically
the
album
is
rooted
partly
in
fantasy
and
partly
in
reality,
the
words
coming
off
as
mantras
emerging
from
a
dream
while
musically
the
band
open
up
portals
to
other
worlds.
This
collaboration
successfully
ties
a
contemporary
sound
to
Twink’s
already
established
psychedelia,
resulting
in
an
album
that
sounds
fresh but has deep ties to older conventions of psych.”
The Gogo Magic Show
"The
third
album
by
Canadian
space-rockers
Moths
&
Locusts
continues
their
ongoing
mission
of
setting
both
the
controls and volume knob for the heart of the sun."
Shindig
"for
me
is
exactly
what
I
want
my
music
to
be
about
...
a
remarkable
forty
minutes
of
music
that
is
so
varied
and
expansive
that
it
feels
much
longer
because
there
is
so
much
going
on
here.
This
is
because
‘Intro/
Outro’
is
the
sound
of
a
band
taking
chances,
the
sound
of
a
band
who
are
not
afraid
to
experiment,
and
the
sound
of
a
band
on
the move."
Psych Insight
"Moths
&
Locusts
have
a
real
game-changer
of
an
album
on
their
hands
here..they
have
subverted
the
psych
form
to
create a beast of many different colours."
Dayz of Purple and Orange
There’s
high
energy
riffs,
songwriting
dynamics,
and
lots
of
natural
melody.
It’s
tight,
well
crafted
and
carefully
arranged,
avoiding
overstatement
and
meaningless
pedal
stomping.
It
has
an
improvisational
quality,
but
it’s
full
of
consciously
memorable
vocal
lines.
And
perhaps
the
most
unique
aspect
is
that
the
overall
experience
is
smoothly
serene and sustained, but also neat and concise.”
The Sleeping Shaman
“It
has
a
cosmic
shoegaze
vibe
at
times
and
straight
up
space
rock
at
others...but
it
all
amounts
to
an
immersive
ten
minutes
filled
with
fuzzy
guitar....joy!
…
It
has
pretty
much
everything
one
could
want
in
a
release,
it
steps
up
the
tempo
and
density
when
it
needs
to
but
combines
this
with
more
introspective
moments
that
verge
on
ethereal at times.”
Dayz of Purple and Orange
“A
brave
quartet
that
is
not
afraid
to
experiment,
within
heavy
reverb
tubes,
metallic
agreements
soiled
by
space
dust,
intelligent
sound
interpretations
and
without
force.
In
their
music,
melodic
neurotic
and
aggressive
lines
collide
with
the
groove,
the
sensitivity
of
the
riffs
and
a
research
that
seems,
from
2013
debut,
has
made
considerable
interesting
progress
that
are
sublimate
in
this
brand
new
“Helios Rising”.
There
are
obsessive
riffs,
almost
of
cruel
beauty,
feedback
stretched
up
to
implode
within
the
melodic
constructions.
Magmatic
explosions
barely
contained
by
the
ferocious
low
mindful
of
Lemmy
lesson,
but
also
influenced
by
the
pounding beat of Geezer.”
Dandysme
“The
result
is
indeed
a
very
powerful
set
of
songs
…
combining
melody
and
power
to
create
something
that
is
both
heavy
and
anthemic
…
Yes
they
rock
out,
but
the
unexpected
and
the
experimental
is
never
far
away.
Be
clear
this
is
not
experimental
music
per
se,
but
is
is
the
sound
of
a
band
bending
and
stretching
what
they
are
playing,
and
moulding
into
something
that
is
superbly
well-crafted
and
satisfying… Moths and Locusts
seem
to
all
the
time
be
looking
for
new
ways
around
established
patterns
to
create
soundscapes
that
are
at
once
familiar yet somehow other.”
Backseat Mafia
“a
force
of
nature
and
makes
a
beeline
for
the
jugular,
never
letting
go
until
the
end…It
is
a
shape-shifting,
time
traveling
tapestry
for
a
spaceman
wending
his
way
through
the
cosmos.
Highly
recommended
for
fans
of
psych
jams
and
generally groovy and tripped out tunes.”
Echoes and Dust
“On
Helios
Rising
mind
bending
psychedelia
intertwines
with
grunge
metal,
punk,
garage
rock,
surf,
German
avant-garde,
Sun
Ra,
prog,
James
Blood
Ulmer
and
a
multitude
of
other
influences.
The
music
here
is
trance
inducing.
The
vocals
sound
devotional,
even
prayer
like,
as
if
sung
by
cosmic
monks.”
BC Musician Magazine
“Helios
Rising
ist
ein
erstklassiges
und
facettenreiches
Album
geworden.
Es
ist
voll
von
spielerischen
Ideen
und
Freiheiten, aber auch von Trauer und Melancholie.”
Rock Blog Blue Spot
“Moths
and
Locusts
clearly
realise
the
power
of
a
good
tune
though,
as
this
most
recent
in
a
long
series
of
releases
from
the
Canadian
quartet,
Helios
Rising,
is
every
bit
as
melodic
as
it
is
heavy.
The
guitars
craft
distorted
melodies
not
a
million
miles
away
from
Queens
Of
The
Stone
Age
at
their
more
aggressive;
and
vocals
are
clean,
clear
and well sung.
Although
Helios
Rising's
compositions
lack
the
repetitive,
long
form
jamming
of
Space
Rock,
the
album
does
have
the
genre's
signature
bleeps
and
bloops
in
plentiful
supply
throughout,
adding
a
psychedelic
element
to
the
group's
sound.
It's
an
effective
embellishment
that
manages
to
never distract from the song itself.”
Burning Beard
"Traveling
between
ethereal
effervescence
and
mind
bending
sonic
tsunamis,
Mission
Collapse
in
the
Twin
Sun
Megaverse
goes
straight
for
the
third
eye
and
converts
precious
grey
matter into a psychotropical fruit smoothie"
BC Musician Magazine
"Motionless
yet
stormy
rhythmic
changes
fuzz
your
perception
of
time.
...
Just
when
you’ve
figured
out
the
feeling
that
has
swallowed
your
body,
another
clean
and
heavy
riff
presents
a
solitary
black
hole
from
which
gravity prevents any of your insanity from escaping."
weirdcanada.com
“The
verbosely-titled
debut
LP
from
Nanaimo’s
local
psych-
rockers
is
as
ambitiously-named
as
it
is
ambitiously
orchestrated.
The
name
brings
about
images
of
some
sci-fi
rock
epic,
and
to
some
degree
this
could
very
well
be
the
soundtrack
to
anintergalactic
outing.
Musically,
the
album
draws
from
the
well
of
psych-rock
and
post-rock,
with
a
heavy
focus
on
guitars
above
all
else.
The
band
also
doesn’t seem to factor in restraint — and
that
isn’t
a
bad
thing.
A
band
that
isn’t
afraid
to
put
eight-minute
tracks
alongside
two-minute
ones
shows
a
certain amount of courage.”
grayowlpoint.com
Press for Exoplanets:
“This
album
kicks
straight
in
with
the
pumping
rock
blast
of
Cocaine
Kangaroo,
but
over
the
course
of
two
sides
draws
you
in
to
another
dimension
of
sound,
a
whole
exoplanet
of
alien
psych.
This
is
one
of
those
classic
records
that
repays
repeated
listens
–
the
more
you
listen
the
more
detail
is
revealed. Powerful, trippy and evolving, brilliant stuff!”
Psych Lovers Top 20 Albums of 2020
"Moths
and
Locusts
specialize
in
droning,
melting
fuzz-heavy
grooves served up in an echo-chamber of stereophonic goo."
Vancouver Sun
"Rhythmic
pulses
for
your
heart,
synth
sweeps
that
your
ears
crave, and fuzzed guitar that weighs on your brain. "
Infinite Spin Radio
"One
thing
that
is
certain
is
the
music
rocks
hard
in
a
pool
of
awesome
weirdness....This
album
has
a
distinct
psychedelic vibe, not the kind from 1960 but from 2100."
The Psych Rock
"each
consecutive
song
a
new
world
and
atmosphere
is
explored"
Weirdo Shrine
"seeming
to
harness
stability
out
of
liquefaction,
and
ending
the
pattern
of
who-knows-what
like
a
breathing
exercise
that’s
readying
listeners
to
return
to
their
real
lives
after
being
so
immersed
in
Moths
&
Locusts‘
preternatural quirk"
The Obelisk
“they
are
one
of
a
select
pack
who
seem
to
start
afresh
with
each
album…the
tracks
are
eclectic,
but
have
those
flourishes
every
so
often
which
bring
you
back
to
the
Moths
and
Locusts
mothership…Now
you
really
are
in
a
cosmic
tunnel
powering
your
way
through
a
luminescent
tie-dye
universe
heading straight for the third-eye of a storm nebula”
Fragmented Flanneur
“Listening
to
this
record
makes
you
feel
you
are
a
Star
Fleet
officer
dressed
in
red
just
about
to
beam
down
to
an
alien world where you just know you are going to die.”
Isolation Records
“A
majestic
space
symphony
that
scrutinizes
the
dark
matter
and
detects
the
roar
of
the
universe,
sees
extrasolar
worlds
by
capturing
the
harmonics
of
living
organisms
and
communicating
with
them.
A
sound
that
crosses
the
boundaries
of
radiant
perception
where
the
art
of
exploration
knows
no
bounds.”
pleniROCKium
“Moths
and
Locusts.
Both
can
fly,
both
are
transformational,
both
signify
progress.With
Exoplanets,
Moths
&
Locusts
are
more
than
ready
to
carry
on
their
existential
travels
into
a
second decade.”
Cups n Cakes
“This
is
music
that
lives
on
the
edge
of
the
sonic
imagination.
This
is
music
for
transcendence,
for
meditation, and for wayfaring.”
50Thirdand3rd
“This
is
a
very
remarkable
work
that
shows
the
world
that
the
ideal
of
space-rock
is
still
alive
and
well
within
the
avant-garde
rock
scene
of
the
new
millennium.
A
highly
recommended album.”
Autopoietican
Press for Think Pink IV - Return to Deep Space: