Last month, Moontype returned to announce their signing to Owen Ashworth’s Orindal Records and share a new single called ‘Long Country,’ and now the band are returning to announce their sophomore LP, I Let The Wind Push Down On Me (out May 23rd on Orindal).

Following the 2021 release of Bodies of Water, the band underwent a recharging period of major and minor transformations. During that time, the band’s lineup grew with the additions of Patter’s Joe Suihkonen, whose other band the Deals has featured collaborations from McCarthy and Moontype drummer Emerson Hunton, and Andrew Clinkman of Spirits Having Fun.

Produced by Katie Von Schleicher and Nate Mendelsohn, Moontype’s second album, serves as a reinvention for the band—not just for their new and expanded lineup—but for how McCarthy navigates the changes in her own life and the messy feelings she sings about. It’s a patient document of feeling things out, being easy on yourself, and finding the beauty in small moments, which ‘Four Hands ii’ exemplifies.

As Margaret McCarthy became more at ease with herself and her writing, the songs came together seamlessly. Even tracks that initially presented challenges, like ‘Four Hands ii,’ turned into North Stars once the band figured out where it should go. This ineffable creative rhythm gave them the confidence to hit the studio. First was a session in Chicago at Jamdek Studios where they’d track each tune as straightforwardly as possible. “This was our “Rock Band” session,” jokes Hunton. Then, they intentionally gave themselves a few months to sit with the material before they decamped to Maryland and New York to record with Katie Von Schleicher and Nate Mendelsohn. There, they worked on overdubs, vocals, and tweaking the arrangements. The distance between the two sessions allowed them to reimagine and recontextualize the material. “We made a record in Chicago. Then we went to Maryland and broke it,” says Suihkonen.

McCarthy says of the track: “This one is about desire. Body desire, but it’s the same as the feeling of needing to drive really fast with the windows down and the music loud. It took a while for us to figure this one out, but it’s become one of our favorites to play. I think the trick was finding the shape, the swells and the dips.”

I Let The Wind Push Down On Me:

1. How I Used To Dance
2. Let Me Cry
3. Long Country
4. Four Hands ii
5. Walking In The Woods
6. Crushed
7. Anymore
8. Four Hands i
9. Click Clack
10. Starry Eyed
11. Let Me Be