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.

• Hopscotch (2007) Natrix Natrix Records

• "Rev. Sharp's Invention (Live)" featured on Technicolor Yawn: KVRX Local Live Vol. 12 (2008) KVRX
• "A Long Way from Home" featured on HABITAT (2008) Asthmatic Kitty

• 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.^[1]

• "Hopscotch, pt. 2" references both Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky and the Grimm Brothers' White and Black Bride

• Music of Austin

Sources consulted

• Carver, Shea, (Encore Magazine) Idyllic Orchestration: Moth!Fight! talk art, childhood and sounds of organizedchaos, archived from the original on July 10, 2011, retrieved 2007-10-24
• Shragin, Adam, Austinist Show Review: A Victorian Pageant at The Mohawk, archived from the original on 2007-10-19, retrieved 2007-10-24
• Wildsmith, Steve, The Daily Times: Childlike Mothfight brings show to The Pilot Light, retrieved 2007-10-24
• Gross, John, Moth Fight Interview, retrieved 2010-01-07

Endnotes

• Myspace