artist Johnny and the Moon

Dante later moved to Montreal and began playing the same songs with drummer Arlen Thompson of Wolf Parade. He joined wolf Parade shortly after and began touring with them extensively, occasionally opening the shows with the help of Arlen and later other Wolf Parader, Hadji Bakara. It was when he moved back to Vancouver Island and started playing again with Lindy with additional instrumentation from great friend Mark Devoe that the music was united under the new name Johnny and the Moon. The name was based on a local folk tale about a boy named Johnny, a mountain, a satanic cult, and the moon. They recorded the record themselves in one week at deadwood studio in the old barn before Dante was off again to Montreal on tour with Wolf Parade. Johnny and the Moon play a cluttered, messy, folk music that picks up whatever it can find and plays a song with it. Their live shows reflect this wild diversity in that they’re almost always different than the last one. The musical arrangements and lyrics however, always seem to come back to their pastoral home and birthplace, exploring the narratives and mystery of traditional folk.