Listen: Moon Duo - Cold Fear

Portland-based psych outfit Moon Duo have unveiled haunting new single 'Cold Fear' as they announce the impending arrival of their fourth studio album, Occult Architecture Vol. 1. As the title would suggest, the record is the first of two albums - both of which will be built around the concept of "the hidden patterning embedded in everything". Elaborating about the project, guitarist Ripley Johnson said:

The concept of the dark/light, two-part album came as we were recording and mixing the songs, beginning in the dead of winter and continuing into the rebirth and blossoming of the spring. There’s something really powerful about the changing of the seasons in the Northwest, the physical and psychic impact it has on you, especially after we spent so many years in the seasonal void of California. I became interested in gnostic and hermetic literature around that time, especially the relationship between music and occult qualities and that fed into the whole vibe.

The first record will be out 3rd February via Sacred Bones, but in the meantime check out 'Cold Fear' below...