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Half Moon Run is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of MisterWives, Of Monsters and Men, Metric, Patrick Watson and City and Colour. Those roots explain a lot about how Half Moon Run arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Leif Vollebekk, Junip, Balthazar, Villagers and Wintersleep, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Bob Dylan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around Half Moon Run, reaching back through MisterWives and forward to Bob Dylan. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Half Moon Run is a Canadian indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec. The group is known for their heavy use of layered percussion, group vocal harmonies, and for playing multiple instruments during live performances.
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Half Moon Run connections
Half Moon Run grew out of MisterWives, Of Monsters and Men, Metric and Patrick Watson, shares an orbit with Leif Vollebekk, Junip, Balthazar and Villagers, went on to shape Bob Dylan. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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