Seraphina Lotkhamnga on September 19th, 2012

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Recording under the moniker Moonface, Spencer Krug (Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown) has expanded on the minimalist sound of his first two albums in a new collaboration with Finnish krautrockers Siinai (Wolf Parade’s touring buddies in 2009). “With Siinai: Heartbreaking Bravery” (out now via Jagjaguwar) flows with Sinai’s well-known build-ups, but also caters to Krug’s dark pop sensibility. Exemplary songs of from this collaboration include the eight-minute declaration “Headed For the Door” as well as the more upbeat, synth-based “Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips.” And although there is a heavy prog-rock influence on his latest single, “I’m Not the Phoenix Yet,” there’s something about the sad and spacey vocals that makes Krug’s alias as Moonface more appropriate than ever.

||| Download: “Headed For the Door” and “Teary Eyes and Bloody Lips”

||| Live: Moonface plays tonight at the Echo. Foxygen supports.

||| Also: Check out their Throneboogie-directed video for “I’m Not the Phoenix Yet” after the jump.