Picture this:
You’re on the road with the rag top down, it’s early summer, all your friends are piled in. It’s a three hour drive to the beach. It’s hot.
Your legs are sticking to the seat, sweat’s dripping down your back, the glass Coke bottle in your hand feels cool and sticky.
Suddenly a groovy percussive beat starts up, shaking through the radio. Not long after, it’s joined by riffy guitar, the kind that makes you scrunch your nose and bob your head. You can almost see the beat floating up out of your speakers.
“Here you are superstar-“
And here you are. Your friend in the passenger seat starts playing air guitar. Nothing else matters in the world except that hazy stretch of highway and the three other people there with you. Doesn’t matter where you’re going, doesn’t matter where you’ve been. You’re here, now. It’s copacetic.
That is the exact feeling that “Takin’ it Back” imbues the listener with. It harkens back to care free times, open highways, hot summers, cold drinks, best friends.
It is roller skating on the pier, it is summer love.
It is everything the wearied survivor of 2020 needs and more. It’s restorative.
Moon City Masters are contemporary rockers living in a contemporary world, with all the larger-than-life color and pop I’ve come to love about rock and roll. They combine a sometimes surreal world of light and color with rhythmic melodies that make you need to dance. Their music is uniquely bright and optimistic. It’s fun. With all the classic riffy-ness of the vintage sound, combined with the eclectic and neon flavor of millennial sound, Moon City Masters have truly bottled lightning with Takin’ it Back.