Moon Duo

Formed in San Francisco in 2009 by Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada, the group’s debut album was the critically acclaimed Mazes. Their follow up is Circles, described by the BBC as ‘Bright and confident… A gleaming pop sensibility.’ Inspiration for many of the songs themes, as well as the title Circles, came from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s 1841 essay by the same name, on the symbol and nature of ‘the flying Perfect’.