Moth Complex

LAMB (ACOUSTIC) VIDEO AS PERFORMED ON RADIOBUZZD.COM

MX Admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:01:06 +0000

Check out this acoustic version of the song “Lamb“, the last song on the self-titled debut album, Moth Complex. Also in the video, Aoife talks about the meaning behind the song.

This performance was broadcast live on LA’s Radiobuzzd.com and was filmed on location in Dermagraphink Tattoo Studio in North Hollywood. Special thanks to guitarist, Matthias van Stipriaan.

MOTH COMPLEX SONGS IN UPCOMING MOVIE “NIGHTMARE BOX”

MX Admin — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:28:39 +0000

Moth Complex songs “Swarm” and “Feel Alive” from the debut album “Moth Complex” and a third as yet unreleased song, “Carbon” will all be featured in the upcoming movie, “Nightmare Box“, which has just finished filming in London.

“Nightmare Box” is horror/psychological drama in which a woman wakes up trapped inside a room with no memory of her past. As times ticks by, a bizarre mix of real and surreal characters visits her; some seeming to aid her while others torment her. She must put together the pieces of a riddle to discover who she is and how she got there…

More news to come…!

MY BLOG ABOUT LIFE IN LA (Part 2)

Aoife — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:40:36 +0000

Hi everyone.

Along with the Moth Complex shows, the album release and a video to come, I’ve been doing loads and loads of other singing and songwriting (more about that over the next couple of months) and some other cool stuff too… I blogged about this a few months ago (click HERE to read that blog) and here is some more stuff I’ve been up to lately…

A couple of weeks ago, I went to the Natural History Museum here in LA… I don’t think I ever saw dinosaur fossils before so I was like an excited child! Here is a Tyrannosaurus Rex! They assembled this fella from 3 or 4 different skeletons…

I also went to an Antiquarian Book Fair (I LOVE books!) and came across a 1969 first edition of my favourite book, “Slaughterhouse Five” by Kurt Vonnegut. Signed by the author in his wonderfully characterful and unique way. It cost a mere $6,500 (I didn’t buy it!)

There were also first editions of “Winnie The Pooh” from 1926 and lots more great stuff!

There was also a Nirvana setlist for 1991 written in Kurt’s Cobain’s handwriting! I don’t have a photo of that, though. I also saw handwritten letters from a then 17 year old Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Doherty at the time). The owner wouldn’t let me take a photo, but it was so cool to see!

Another place I went to is the Petersen Automotive Museum… lots of really old cars, including the first steam car from around 1900, the Ford Model T cars and an exhibition of “Supercars” (super expensive, super fast). Also, there was an exhibition of cars from movies and here in this picture is the actual Batmobile that was used in the Tim Burton directed “Batman” and “Batman Returns” movies.

And last of all for now, I went to the Aquarium of the Pacific, where I learned that there exist in the world such things as Pot Bellied Sea Horses and Leafy Sea Dragons! It’s true!! See them in my picture… The Pot Bellied Sea Horse is on the left and Leafy Sea Dragon is on the right. Where I come from, pot bellies involve a lot of beer!

And finally… here I am on my way home after one of my wanderings…

Thank you for reading!!!

Aoife xx

STORY BEHIND THE SONG “CUT”

Aoife — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:52:31 +0000

“Cut” is probably the loudest, heaviest song on the album.

One of my favourite quotes is from Eleanor Roosevelt. She said ” No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” and “Cut” is basically about this.

Some life experiences can shake and challenge you to your core. Yet, if you choose for them to be, these very experiences can be life changing in a positive way and can hold within them the seeds of the person you want to become and the future you want to have.

I’m screaming
And you know
It shows
I know you watch me

I’m breathing
Full of hope
No control
You got me

I see you so clearly now
There’s no fear left in me
In some way
I needed you so I could know how strong I can be

I feel like I’m waking up
And I need to cut this from my heart

All my years
And long dried tears
I need to cut this from my heart

You may as well be stone
Inanimate and cold
A burden I have known
I need to cut this from my heart

Crush me
Bruise my skin
Break my bones but
It will not be enough

Be there to kick me when I’m down
But I’m already free now

I see you so clearly now
There’s no fear left in me
In some way
I needed you so I could know how strong I can be

MOTH COMPLEX – ACOUSTIC

MX Admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:52:41 +0000

Check out the acoustic versions of “Lamb” and “Tied Up In Knots” on the MUSIC page!

You can also listen to the debut MOTH COMPLEX album in its entirety. You can buy the album on CD by clicking on the link on the right hand side or on CD Baby and Amazon. You can buy the download of the album by clicking on the link on the right hand side or through CD Baby, Amazon, iTunes and the usual digital sites…

Enjoy!

STORY BEHIND THE SONG “HARDER”

Aoife — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:02:13 +0000

G. Owens wrote “Harder”. He wrote it about a time he felt stifled artistically and felt stuck. The chorus lyrics “I’m losing so much time. I’m not achieving anything. I keep trying everything but it just gets harder.” – that’s pretty much how I had been feeling too at a stage, so the words spoke to me. And of course musically, it’s really great!

This is the only song on the album I haven’t had any part in writing and I BEGGED Gerry for this song. I knew long before he did that it was meant for me!

One Saturday night, we met up in Dublin and I was convincing him to hand it over!! I told him how much I loved the song and that although I knew he intended to use it for himself at the time, that I wanted to record it as a Moth Complex song. And so on and so on… until he eventually agreed. I also may have bought him a few drinks as an additional payment/bribery!! But it worked out really well. I LOVE this song!

Tried changing everything
Move far from all I’ve been
To carry out your sentence on me

Please
Just tell me what to do
So I can still continue
Cause I’m just stuck here I can’t move on

I’ve got to get away
I need to forget everything
I want to feel I’m strong
But it just gets harder

Just tell me what to do
So I can still continue
Cause it’s just wearing down my patience here

I’ve got to get away
I need to forget everything
I want to feel I’m strong
But it just gets harder

I’m losing so much time
I’m not achieving anything
I keep trying everything
But it just gets harder

I’ve got to get away
I need to forget everything
I want to feel I’m strong
But it just gets harder

I’m losing so much time
I’m not achieving anything
I keep trying everything
But it just gets harder

And my systems are failing
All my chances are fading
But it just gets harder
But it just gets harder

And my reasons are crashing
My resolve is eroding
But it just gets harder

STORY BEHIND THE SONG “LEARNED MY LESSON”

Aoife — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:04:27 +0000

“Learned My Lesson” was one of the very first songs written for Moth Complex (and had the working title “One More Mistake”). I had been feeling stuck and frustrated in life as I had been living it up to then and “I’ve had it. I’ve had enough” summed up how I felt when I was writing the song. As soon as I had actually written it, though, I felt much better and the mood had passed, and I felt all the “fight” come back in me. Funny how life can work that way!

Gone to ground
All my purpose caught
Seems like I’ve lost myself again
The more I try
Cannot count this cost
And I’m left stuck here in this place

I’ve learned my lesson well
I won’t trust again
I’m left to live this out
Deserving is nothing

I’ve had it
I’ve had enough

Gone to ground
All my purpose caught
Seems like I’ve lost myself again
The more I try
Cannot count this cost
And I’m left stuck here in this place

I’ve learned my lesson well
I won’t trust again
I’m left to live this out
Deserving is nothing

I’ve had it
I’ve had enough
I’ve had it
I’ve had enough

Too much to keep so close
The way you let me down
I can’t seem to escape
So I bury one more mistake

I’ve had it
I’ve had enough
I’ve had it
I’ve had enough

LAMB – REMIX AND ACOUSTIC VERSIONS

MX Admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:05:42 +0000

Check out the MUSIC page to listen to not only the debut MOTH COMPLEX album in its entirety, but also to listen to the new Lamb (Teff Teff Remix) and Lamb (acoustic version). Enjoy!

Remember, you can buy the full album on CD by clicking on the link on the right hand side or on CD Baby and Amazon. You can buy the download of the album by clicking on the link on the right hand side or through CD Baby, Amazon, iTunes and the usual digital sites…

STORY BEHIND THE SONG “LAMB”

Aoife — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:35:11 +0000

“Lamb” is about feeling loved. It’s about how safe and wonderful it feels when someone sees you through eyes of love and sees the best in you no matter what. It could be anybody – a parent, a boyfriend, a sister …

Lamb is also about how someone seeing the best in you can help you see the best in yourself and feel strong or hopeful or lighter. It’s about when people who love you still love you at times when you do not feel so in love with yourself.

I’m left here lonely now
But you are with me
The coldness all around
Can’t touch me

Without you I have found
My breath is missing
A sense of you confounds

Worn to my bones
Caught in my soul
You could see through it all
And you loved me

The night can fall on down
The day can wake me
The emptiness around
Can’t take me

Worn to my bones
Caught in my soul
You changed it all for me

MOTH COMPLEX ON IOWA’S NEW ROCK 1O5.1

MX Admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:40:07 +0000

To those in the Midwest US: Tune to New Rock 105.1 tomorrow night, Sunday 29th January, @ 8pm Iowa time.

DJ Benny Black will be interviewing Aoife and playing some songs from the new Moth Complex album on “The Garage – Iowa Unsigned”.