My Lovely Haunting is the project of Alex and Lucy, a Melbourne duo who treat songs like scenes. The name fits: everything they make seems built for dim rooms and late-night screens, with Lucy’s voice out front and Alex filling in the spaces with film-score detail. They call it “Bladerunner folk,” which sounds like a joke until you hear how naturally acoustic melodies sit inside these misty, synth-heavy worlds.
Forgotten Moon plays like a small film with no dialogue. “Intro” is pure atmosphere: shifting pads, filter movement, no drums, just the feeling of stepping into a different climate. “Drifting” brings in guitar and Lucy’s vocal, soft but steady, sitting over a melody that mixes grief and calm without tipping into drama.
“Star Gazing” leans into heavier piano chords, leaving more air around the vocal. The harmony moves in a way that feels slightly off-axis, with ghosted pads hanging behind the phrases, which fits the idea of trying to slow down your own thoughts. “Lost Again” switches to a male voice over slow, plucked synth keys and choir-like pads, moving the record into darker territory.
Instrumentals like “Medieval Lullaby” and the closing “Carnival” push harder on the cinematic side: ocean field recordings, distant piano figures, and an uneasy calm that feels like end credits rolling over empty streets. “The Window” and “One More Day” sit in the middle ground, folk songs stretched through synths and reverb until they feel part confessional, part score.
Taken as a whole, Forgotten Moon is less a collection of singles and more one long walk through the same strange neighbourhood. It’s the kind of record that would slip neatly under slow TV dramas, indie films, or story-driven games, but it also stands on its own as late-night headphone music, quiet and unnervingly clear about what it wants to be.
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