I Only See the Moon

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Critically acclaimed folk duo The Milk Carton Kids are back with I Only See The Moon. Produced by Kenneth Pattengale, this full-length album features a collection of timeless and traditionalist tracks with hauntingly lovely and rich vocal melodies and lyrical content spanning the themes of time, nostalgia, heartbreak, sadness, love, nature, grief, loss, freedom, solitude, and relationships. Founded in 2011, The Milk Carton Kids swiftly emerged as a major force in the American folk tradition, blending ethereal harmonies and intricate musicianship with a uniquely powerful brand of contemporary songcraft. 2013s ANTI- debut The Ash & Clay proved their national breakthrough, earning The Milk Carton Kids their first Grammy Award nomination for Best Folk Album. A second Grammy nomination for Best American Roots Performance followed in 2015 for the track The City of Our Lady from bands acclaimed third studio album, Monterey, and 2018s All The Things That I Did And All The Things That I Didnt Do was nominated for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical. The bands most recent album, 2019s The Only Ones (out now via Far Cry Records in partnership with Thirty Tigers), was the subject of extensive praise, with Rolling Stone proclaiming that Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan get back to the beautiful basics with The Only Ones, while NPRs World Café noted that even though Joey and Kenneth are not related, their voices together create a sibling-like harmonythe duo has a strong sense of respect and reverence for the musical traditions that theyve grown from.