Wild Moth

Iron Pier is excited to announce that this spring we will release the sophomore full-length for San Francisco postpunk band Wild Moth. Titled “Inhibitor,” the record will come out in vinyl and digital formats. The LP follows the band’s recent split EP with fellow Bay Area post-punks Creative Adult and Wild Moth’s debut LP “Over, Again” on Asian Man in 2013. The band hits a new gear on “Inhibitor,” layering sludgey, darkly textured guitars on top of each other, pulling the listener along on an even stronger melodic underpinning than previous releases. Think modern shoegaze that mixes spikes of punk-infused energy– like “Isn't Anything”-era My Bloody Valentine meets Drive Like Jehu.
In late March, Wild Moth will headline a tour of California and Arizona with new label-mates and Iron Pier signings Hollow Sunshine. Wild Moth hit the road again in mid/late April supporting Whirr in the southwest and California.
Wild Moth have played with Merchandise, Perfect Pussy, Speedy Ortiz, Naomi Punk and many others and toured with several other bands including Self Defense Family and Creative Adult. SF Weekly called the band “one of the Bay Area's most promising young post-punk bands” and described their sound as departing “from punk's insistent rhythms and concise fury: It's more nuanced, structurally intricate, and melodic.” Collective Zine called the band’s debut “one of the years absolute best records … a storming album of driving post punk infused with post hardcore” and Impose Magazine called their recent split “an even more interesting shift…a slowed down power trudge, perpetually layering sounds on top of one another, and building in sonic momentum.”
“Inhibitor” was recorded at Atomic Gardens with Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Whirr) and with Max Senna (Miserable, King Woman) at Secret Bathroom Studios. Mixing and mastering by Jack Shirley."