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The Features
“Moonlight”
Live @ Blue Cat’s
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The Features
“Moonlight”
Live @ 12th & Porter
November 7th, 2003
The history of “Moonlight” was written about on May 24th.
The all-request show provided a lot of great moments, and hearing “Moonlight” back and sounding better than ever was definitely one of them. “Moonlight” had been absent from the rotation for about six months and would again fall back into obscurity for another ten months after this performance. This is, from what I can tell, the next to last time this song was played.
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Today’s request comes from Brian.
The Features
“Moonlight”
Live @ The Boro
May 2nd, 2002
I can’t think of a prettier Features song, definitely, and it’s another one that I wish hadn’t faded away over time. I could list this song’s endless endearing qualities, but I’ll just mention the gentle guitar riff, the start/stop nature of the verses, the organ-driven breakdown leading to that timidly passionate bridge, and the line “stop making excuses,” which are all at the top of that endearing list. Matt Pelham knows how to write lyrics that tug at your emotions but it’s rare that they’re paired with music that does the same.
“Moonlight” debuted in December 2001 and was played very regularly until the summer of 2002. It then popped up frequently but more irregularly for the rest of 2002 and then became even more of a rarity in 2003. It only appeared once in September 2004, at the band’s acoustic in-store album release show at Grimey’s. That would be the song’s last performance. No recording of “Moonlight” has been released or leaked to fans, although it’s plausible that one exists.
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Live @ 12th & Porter (November 7th, 2003)
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The Features are a Nashville, Tennessee based rock band. The purpose of this Tumblr is to provide a comprehensive and interactive database
of the Features' music. The blog is named after the Features song "The Damage Is Done."
If you would like any of the unreleased songs featured on this site, you can download them yourself or email me for copies. I am not able to send every Features song I own in one go, mainly because I don't have a way of hosting all the files, and I also gotta keep some song tricks up my blog sleeve. Specific song requests are the easiest ones to fulfill. It might take a little while to respond but I will try my best. I will not send songs that have been officially released in any capacity, so buy their albums.
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BRETT WHITE is a New York City-based comedian who has appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman and written for Wizard Magazine. He is currently a writer on the Upright Citizens Brigade sketch team Thunder Gulch. He performs improv comedy with the groups Iron Ruckus and Daddy. He is also the author of the web comic Tales To Diminish and contributes to the nerd-humor site Topless Robot.
His obsession with the Features began when he first saw them on October 18th, 2001. His college years were spent posting on the Features message board under the name DigsySlattery. He has seen the Features over 50 times in concert and never makes a mix CD without including at least one Features song.
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