Peasant Moon Songs: Our Timing Was Wrong EP Review: Soulful and Rich Country

Country music is all about story. While the voices and music are important to any genre, a premium is always on storytelling. Peasant Moon Songs’ new EP “Our Timing Was Wrong,” although more folksy than country, manages to combine wonderful and deep music with the tapestry of lyrics that invoke the notion of love and self-discovery. Simply put, it’s an old-school EP, with plenty to hold on to.

The best way to describe Sydney based singer-songwriter Harvey Russell and long time collaborator Josie Rothwell is real. Discussing love and life, they pull no punches in this five-track EP. In the flavor of The Civil Wars, Johnny Cash meets Jim Croce they give you stories that’ll quickly grab a piece of your soul. On the title track, “Our Timing Was Wrong,” Rothwell discusses a marriage lacking the substance it needs to survive:

People saw the making of a humble union

But we were just faking, forever forsaken

Vows they were written, correspondence undertaken

Now and forever you will not be mine

It’s moments like this that absolutely cement the duo as a wonderful pair of storytellers.

On later tracks like “Party,” the two manage to combine their voices in a sweet harmonization lesson- a track that deserves to be on mainstream radio, even if it’s a tad on the slower side. You can’t escape from. You’ve all experienced the moments encapsulated in many of these songs, but “Party” may be the one that most will connect with.

But away from the lyrics and their vocal prowess, again, it’s the music that ties it all together. The musicianship away from the duo is super powerful. The trio of Aaron Langman (pedal steel, electric guitar), Jonathan Kelly (bass) and Rich Burrows(drums) create an environment ripe for tapping your feet. On “Back in Time,” the harmonica, percussion and guitar are blended beautifully providing a warm backdrop to the scenes being set.

Thanks to this wonderful combination of stories and tunes, 
Peasant Moon becomes a band that’ll steal your heart in a very short time.

Featured Photo by Lyn Taylor Photography

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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