Moontype - "About You"
Photo by Julia Dratel Chicago's Moontype met at Oberlin College through various musical backgrounds and influences. All those influences have morphed themselves into "About You." The new song is impossibly upbeat and breezy indie pop song. It's played fast and bouncy without coming across as overtly poppy or saccharine. With its speed and two minute length, it could be a punk song if it wasn't so upbeat, light, and fun. Singer/bassist Margaret McCarthy says of the new song: " When I wrote ‘About You’ I was sitting in my apartment missing my friend who had gone abroad for the semester and thinking about all the moments that made our friendship so special . The glue between us started to form while on tour, walking through Richmond VA for hours one night past confederate monuments and art on building walls. The friendship began as a crush but it slowly melted into something more lasting - we made a synth together, we wrote songs together - and I really just wa...