Blood Moon is the secret collaborative of Alessi’s Ark and Charlotte Carpenter

Blood Moon is the secret collaborative of Alessi’s Ark and Charlotte Carpenter. Over the space of 10 years, both women have played with the likes of Villagers, Marika Hackman, Jenny Lewis, George Ezra & Mumford and Sons, releasing EP’s, Singles & LP’s to worldwide acclaim. Blood Moon is a fresh perspective for Charlotte and Alessi, back to basics and the band you’ve always wanted to be in.

With a mutual love of raw, honest, vulnerable and powerful writing and production, the song-sisters (as they refer to one another) put pen to paper for the first time this summer and channelled their debut single ‘Blood Moon’ in one afternoon.

This self-titled debut single embodies the sound and musicianship of the two artists, who have been relentlessly perfecting their craft for almost a decade. It’s a fresh prospective for both of them, there’s nothing fancy happening, it’s exposed, open and imperfect. A deep grunge-like guitar drives the song, but the vocal relationship between Alessi & Charlotte is at the forefront and embodies the years, the support and the sisterhood between them.

LISTEN: https://soundcloud.com/blood-moon-343195971/blood-moon/s-LddVS

“We met 5 years ago, I was putting on a monthly night at The Cookie in Leicester and Alessi was at the top of my list to play with. I feel like some mysterious stars aligned the night we met” says Charlotte. “Over the years we’ve watched each other grow, triumph, tire and soar and on this particular afternoon something just clicked. We wrote ‘Blood Moon’ and instantly felt this was different to our solo projects; this was something on it’s own” tells Alessi.

Blood Moon was recorded at Red Squirrel Studio in Ventnor, ,Isle of Wight, by James Thorpe (Fenne Lily, CHAMPS). Released via Babywoman Records on 16th November 2018. Charlotte and Alessi set off on a UK & EU run of shows this November with their solo projects, however this will be the official debut of Blood Moon material too.

Tickets can be found at: www.charlottecarpentermusic.com/tour 

Monday 19th - The Islington, London
Tuesday 20th - The Castle, Manchester
Wednesday 21st - Yellow Arch Studios, Sheffield
Thursday 22nd - Prince Albert, Stroud
Saturday 24th - De Log, Ghent
Sunday 25th - Kulturcafe Lichtung, Cologne
Tuesday 27th - Freundlich+Kompetent, Hamburg
Thursday 29th - Feinkost Lampe, Hannover

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BLOOD MOON Single Release | Babywoman Records Released 16th November 2018