Devon portielje biography of michaels
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Nothing can stop creativity. Even when the world came to a screeching halt, Devon was working with his hands crafting objects out of wood.
In isolation, they produced a video for I Can’t Figure Out What’s Going On (Isolation Version)
Half Moon Run are masters of chiseling down the raw ideas in their brains into very intricate and polished songs that are always fresh and new. Not resting on their laurels, they have earned the right, from fans, to take chances musically and evolve with each album.
The new EP Seasons of Change speaks to their evolution as a band, and their ability to keep us intrigued by what these songs will sound like.
Link to album
The mug of coffee is hot and awakens my morning brain as Devon Portielje of Half Moon Run joins Montreal Rocks to talk about the new EP, childhood memories of big choruses, exploring the process of reducing ideas into songs, looking to the future as a trio again amid the uncertainty of the future and the one world that encompasses their DNA.
Watch or read our interview with Devon Portielje.
(As always, lightly edited for a better reading experience)
Montreal Rocks: Welcome Devon to Montre
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HMR STORY
It’s not a riddle it’s a stepping stone
I first heard Half Moon Run’s 21 Gun Salute and the intensely dramatic beginning to that song with lead vocals by Devon Portielje on the CBC at a live show, just a couple of months ago. It was meditative even ambient – and I was entranced –instantly inspired – including other songs like Full Circle.
Although I had not heard of them before, I felt it was a new mission of mine to share the gift of music with my family (including my preschool age children on some certain tracks (Call me in the afternoon even by one by one [x2 ]is sung around the hosue like a Christmas Carol substituting some words in for the obvious) and all my friends and social network so they too could enjoy this gift. That being said there was something sacred in hearing them for the first time. It was so different yet modern but there was a comfort in it that seemed to be missing in most modern music, and not felt by me personally, since artists like Bob Dylan, and Ballads from Simon & Garfunkel, I was introduced to in my youth.
That same day after discovering and enjoying the first album on iTunes (Dark Eyes Released June 2013) My musical journey with HMR led me to discover the second album which coincidentally was released that same day!