How The Lo Moon Song 'Loveless' Brought The Band Together : NPR
Matt Lowell
Long before Slingshot artists Lo Moon signed to Columbia Records  lead  singer Matt Lowell  was writing songs in  his  basement.
"I had moved back from Boston to New York  " Lowell  says. "I was living at my sister's place  I was working at this studio in Brooklyn that I helped build."
 He  hadn't yet met bass player and keyboardist Crisanta Baker  but  he  knew  he  wanted to start a band  and  he  had a demo of a song called "Loveless" to share.
Guitarist Sam Stewart heard that  Lowell  and Baker were looking for another band member. They got together to jam by converting  Lowell 's backyard shed into a band living room and rehearsal space.
"I think in there  that's where  we  learned how to feed off each other  " Lowell  says. " We  would get in there at 11 a.m. and not say a word to each other until 5 p.m."
 Lowell  thinks a lot about what kind of feeling Lo Moon's music creates. Practicing in his shed helped them hone in on their sound and style. By the time they went to the studio to record their debut album  due out early this year  they knew what they were looking for.
"The beautiful thing about that was  when we were making the record  we hadn't put anything out  " Lowell  says. "We had blinders on and we just trusted each other. ... We didn't really have another basis to go by  besides 'this sounds like us.'  "
Lowell  says  he 'll never forget hearing the final  produced version of "Loveless" for the first time.
"It came through the speaker and I was like  'This song is probably three and a half  four years old  and I've just never heard it like this.' "  he  says. "I cried. I was just like  'This is unbelievable  I can't believe we made this.' "
Long before Slingshot artists Lo Moon signed to Columbia Records  lead  singer  [TGT]   was writing songs in  his  basement.
"I had moved back from Boston to New York  " Lowell  says. "I was living at my sister's place  I was working at this studio in Brooklyn that I helped build."
 He  hadn't yet met bass player and keyboardist Crisanta Baker  but  he  knew  he  wanted to start a band  and  he  had a demo of a song called "Loveless" to share.
Guitarist Sam Stewart heard that  Lowell  and Baker were looking for another band member. They got together to jam by converting  Lowell 's backyard shed into a band living room and rehearsal space.
"I think in there  that's where  we  learned how to feed off each other  " Lowell  says. " We  would get in there at 11 a.m. and not say a word to each other until 5 p.m."
 Lowell  thinks a lot about what kind of feeling Lo Moon's music creates. Practicing in his shed helped them hone in on their sound and style. By the time they went to the studio to record their debut album  due out early this year  they knew what they were looking for.
"The beautiful thing about that was  when we were making the record  we hadn't put anything out  " Lowell  says. "We had blinders on and we just trusted each other. ... We didn't really have another basis to go by  besides 'this sounds like us.'  "
Lowell  says  he 'll never forget hearing the final  produced version of "Loveless" for the first time.
"It came through the speaker and I was like  'This song is probably three and a half  four years old  and I've just never heard it like this.' "  he  says. "I cried. I was just like  'This is unbelievable  I can't believe we made this.' "