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Songs From The Moony Boom comes after four years since the band released their debut Escape the Roar (2003). “This is actually a departure from the first. This is more experimental and hard-edged,” says the vocalist Jayashree Singh.
The band also bucked the trend of trooping into a studio to record their 10-track compilation. “The entire album has been recorded at home, which is why it’s very real and the rawness is intact,” says Singh. With influences ranging from the Sixties’ rock to contemporary jazz, pop and R&B, Skinny Alley’s repertoire is equally diverse. “Over the years, each of us has evolved as musicians and it is our individual space as artists that holds the album together,” says Singh, who admits to have found inspiration in Joni Mitchell and Patti Austin.
The lyrics are a collective effort, penned down by all five of them. Unlike their previous album that had a lot of songs from a woman’s point of view, this one covers a broad spectrum. “This is not a concept album where a theme weaves the songs together; this is about edgier issues,” says Singh. But what does the title really mean? “The title comes from my young niece who pronounced the music room, where we recorded, as moony boom,” she smiles. With the band already ready with material for another album, they are hopeful that the third one won’t take as long as four years to be released. “Western music doesn’t make economic sense for most record labels, which is why it took us four years to release Songs From the Moony Boom,” she says.
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