US alternative psych act Moon Destroys (w/ ex-Torche and Royal Thunder members) sign to Blues Funeral Recordings; US tours with Dozer and The Sword coming!
Atlanta, Georgia based psychedelic/alternative/shoegaze act Moon Destroys has signed with Blues Funeral Recordings to reissue their debut album, »She Walks By Moonlight«, which will see the light on October 17th, 2025. »She Walks By Moonlight« was originally self-released on April 4th, 2025.
Featuring current and former members of Torche, MonstrO, Royal Thunder, Gold Pyramid and Sunday Driver.
Tracklist:
01. She Walks By Moonlight
02. The Nearness Of June
03. Only
04. Set Them Free
05. A Song For Jade
06. Losing Sleep
07. Echoes (The Empress)
08. Metallic Memories
09. Sway
Courtesy of Purple Sage PR:
Atlanta alternative psych rock unit Moon Destroys have signed to Blues Funeral Recordings for the reissue of their self-released debut »She Walks By Moonlight« as well as their new album release in 2026. The band is ready to embark on their US West Coast tour this week alongside Dozer and Abrams, and will be touring the East Coast with The Sword this fall.
Formed by guitarist Juan Montoya (ex-Torche, MonstrO) and drummer Evan Diprima (ex-Royal Thunder, Gold Pyramid), Moon Destroys released their first EP »Maiden Voyage« in 2020. The 5-song debut featured contributions from Troy Sanders (Mastodon) and Bryan Richie (The Sword) and laid a foundation that would come fully into focus when vocalist/guitarist Charlie Suárez (MonstrO, ex-Sunday Driver) and bassist Arnold Nese (ex-Sunday Driver) completed the band in 2024.
April 2025 found Moon Destroys thrust into the limelight, supporting Elder on tour just as they were self-releasing their debut full-length »She Walks By Moonlight« in limited form. Despite hurrying to get the new LP ready in time to take on the road, the album inarguably captured the band’s tremendous evolution beyond the connections to the members’ former outfits.
Gritty and distorted yet hazy and hypnotic, »She Walks By Moonlight« shifts from shimmering post-rock to driving riff-doom and back to shoegazy psychedelia. It’s a cinematic and otherworldly journey from a band who breeze easily into the environs of Floor, Mother Love Bone, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Russian Circles and Ride, ultimately collapsing all efforts at categorization into its effervescent, compulsive swirl.
Blues Funeral Recordings is proud to welcome Moon Destroys to the label just in time for a string of US tour dates supporting Swedish icons Dozer alongside labelmates Abrams. The label will bring forth a proper worldwide release of »She Walks By Moonlight« this October as they will hit the stage for a coveted run of dates with The Sword, followed by their next album release and more touring in 2026.
The band says: “We are extremely excited to join forces with Jadd and the Blues Funeral Recordings team to continue the saga of Moon Destroys. It’s an honor to join a roster with great, like-minded artists to keep pushing the heavy underground forward! We will see you out on the West Coast this month supporting fellow label mates and Swedish legends Dozer. After that, we’ll be out supporting our friends and fellow rippers The Sword this October on the East Coast before heading back into the studio to finish a new album. We are looking forward to working hard for the rest of the year to make for an even busier 2026! It’s full steam ahead now with a great team!”
Summer 2025 supporting Dozer w/ Abrams
August 7 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Swan Dive
August 8 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room
August 9 – San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick
August 10 – Palmdale, CA @ Transplants Brewing
August 12 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
August 13 – Eureka, CA @ Savage Henry Comedy Club
August 14 – Eugene, OR @ John Henry’s
August 15 – Portland, OR @ Dante’s
August 16 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw
August 17 – Seattle, WA @ Substation
Fall 2025 tour supporting The Sword
October 13 – Boston, MA @ Paradise
October 14 – New York City, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom
October 15 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
October 17 – Buffalo, NY @ Higher Ground
October 18 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls
October 19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
October 22 – Raleigh, NC @ Lincoln Theater
October 23 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
October 24 – Orlando, FL @ The Beacham
October 26 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl
»She Walks By Moonlight« reissue
Available October 17, 2025 on Blues Funeral Recordings
Shop on BFR website / Bandcamp / European store
Moon Destroys is:
Evan Diprima – Drums
Juan Montoya – Guitars
Arnold Nese – Bass
Charlie Suárez – Vocals, Guitars
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well