{{short description|American experimental pop band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Moth Fight | image = Mfpress2010.jpg | caption = Mothfight Promotional Image, October 2009 | background = group_or_band | origin = Austin, Texas/Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | genre = Glo-fi, shitgaze, indie pop, neo-psychedelia, experimental | years_active = 2007–present | website = [http://mothfight.tumblr.com] | current_members = Kevin Attics<br/>Jessica Boettger<br/>Clarke Dominick<br/>Mike Yaklin
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'''Moth Fight''' is an American experimental pop outfit based in Austin, Texas. Their sound is a blend of orchestral instrumentation (trumpets, cellos, violins, banjos, barbershop harmony), tape loops, samples, synthesizers, and circuit bent toys.
==Discography== thumb|250px|right|Kevin Attics and Jessica Boettger mid-performance at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, TX
===US singles=== * ''Hopscotch'' (2007)<small> Natrix Natrix Records</small>
=== Compilations === * "Rev. Sharp's Invention (Live)" featured on ''Technicolor Yawn: KVRX Local Live Vol. 12'' (2008) <small>KVRX</small> * "A Long Way from Home" featured on ''HABITAT'' (2008) <small>Asthmatic Kitty</small>
==Trivia== * The song "Hopscotch" is apparently inspired by Julio Cortázar's novel ''Hopscotch'' and includes lyrics written in Gliglish, the constructed language La Maga teaches Horacio.<ref>{{Cite web | last = Freeman | first = Doug | title = Austin Sound | url = http://www.austinsound.net/SOMothfight }} </ref>
* "Hopscotch, pt. 2" references both Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky and the Grimm Brothers' White and Black Bride
==See also== * Music of Austin
==References== ; Sources consulted <!--ALPHABETICALLY--> * {{Citation | last = Carver | first = Shea | title = (Encore Magazine) Idyllic Orchestration: Moth!Fight! talk art, childhood and sounds of organizedchaos | url=http://encorepub.com/a/index.php?blog=7&title=idyllic_orchestration_moth_fight_talk_ar&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710192607/http://encorepub.com/a/index.php?blog=7&title=idyllic_orchestration_moth_fight_talk_ar&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=July 10, 2011 | accessdate = 2007-10-24 }} * {{Citation | last = Shragin | first = Adam | title = Austinist Show Review: A Victorian Pageant at The Mohawk | url = http://austinist.com/2007/10/08/a_victorian_pag.php | accessdate = 2007-10-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071019075841/http://austinist.com/2007/10/08/a_victorian_pag.php | archive-date = 2007-10-19 | url-status = dead }} * {{Citation | last = Wildsmith | first = Steve | title = The Daily Times: Childlike Mothfight brings show to The Pilot Light | url=http://www.thedailytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070727/ENT/70726022 | accessdate = 2007-10-24 }} * {{Citation | last = Gross | first = John | title = Moth Fight Interview | url=http://partyends.com/blog/?p=3238 | accessdate = 2010-01-07 }} ; Endnotes
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==External links== * [http://www.myspace.com/mothfight Myspace]
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Category:Musical groups established in 2007 Category:Indie rock musical groups from Texas Category:Barbershop music Category:Musical groups from Austin, Texas Category:New Weird America Category:American experimental musical groups Category:Psychedelic folk groups Category:American dream pop musical groups Category:American shoegaze musical groups Category:2007 establishments in Texas
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