# Mothfight

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{{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](/source/Austin%2C_Texas)/[Brooklyn, New York](/source/Brooklyn%2C_New_York), U.S.
 | genre           = [Glo-fi](/source/Glo-fi), [shitgaze](/source/shitgaze), [indie pop](/source/indie_pop), [neo-psychedelia](/source/neo-psychedelia), [experimental](/source/Experimental_Music)
 | years_active    = 2007–present
 | website             = [http://mothfight.tumblr.com]
 | current_members = Kevin Attics<br/>Jessica Boettger<br/>Clarke Dominick<br/>Mike Yaklin

}}

'''Moth Fight''' is an American [experimental](/source/experimental_music) [pop](/source/indie_pop) outfit based in [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin%2C_Texas). Their sound is a blend of orchestral instrumentation (trumpets, cellos, violins, banjos, [barbershop harmony](/source/barbershop_music)), [tape loop](/source/tape_loop)s, samples, synthesizers, and [circuit bent](/source/circuit_bending) toys.

==Discography==
thumb|250px|right|Kevin Attics and Jessica Boettger mid-performance at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin, TX

===US singles===
* ''[Hopscotch](/source/Hopscotch_(single))'' (2007)<small> [Natrix Natrix Records](/source/Natrix_Natrix_Records)</small>

=== Compilations ===
* "Rev. Sharp's Invention (Live)" featured on ''Technicolor Yawn: KVRX Local Live Vol. 12'' (2008) <small>[KVRX](/source/KVRX)</small>
* "A Long Way from Home" featured on ''HABITAT'' (2008) <small>[Asthmatic Kitty](/source/Asthmatic_Kitty)</small>

==Trivia==
* The song "Hopscotch" is apparently inspired by [Julio Cortázar](/source/Julio_Cort%C3%A1zar)'s novel ''[Hopscotch](/source/Hopscotch_(Julio_Cort%C3%A1zar_novel))'' and includes lyrics written in [Gliglish](/source/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](/source/Lewis_Carroll)'s [Jabberwocky](/source/Jabberwocky) and the [Grimm Brothers](/source/Grimm_Brothers)' [White and Black Bride](/source/The_White_and_the_Black_Bride)

==See also==
* [Music of Austin](/source/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

{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.myspace.com/mothfight Myspace]

{{Authority control}}

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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