Moontype is songwriter Margaret McCarthy’s dreamworld come to life. Based in Chicago, Illinois, the band features Emerson Hunton on drums, and Joe Suihkonen and Andrew Clinkman on guitar. Quiet emotions that McCarthy explores with her bass become, with the band, as large and as musically complex as a mood itself: cathartic, angsty, and unmet. Like reading a diary in a crowded room, it puts words to sentiments that are difficult to express: how to be open to the depth of relationships while still holding onto yourself.  Moontype released their debut album, Bodies of Water, in 2021 to critical acclaim. The New York Times described their single Ferry as having a sound that “marries the woozy swoon of Beach House with the rising sweep of a Galaxie 500 song, though McCarthy’s voice cuts through the haze with direct emotional lucidity.”

bobbie makes ambient dream-pop using omnichord, guitar, and vocals in Western Massachusetts.  bobbie’s sound can be described as existing somewhere between meditative/atmospheric (think Enya, Eno, Cocteau Twins) and a more structured, pop-y poetic style. Influences range widely— Laraaji, Beach House, Arthur Russell, Alice Coltrane, Bill Callahan, Beverly-Glen Copeland, Björk, and Astrud Gilberto to name a few. Following a string of home-recorded songs and EPs, bobbie released their first full-length album Rhododendron on the Greenfield, MA label Flower Sounds in the fall of 2023. Rhododendron weaves hook-driven pop with lulling and sparkly omnichord drones and melodies that are atmospheric, hypnotic, and stirring. bobbie will be releasing new music with Orindal Records in 2026.