***moondaddy is the analog-obsessed dream-pop project spearheaded by singer-songwriter-producer Cara Potiker and her band (Gabriel Poissant, Patrick Heaney, Rob Wren). Recorded live to tape at Sonic Ranch and issued via Dusty Mars Records, Wax Mage Records and Silver Girl Records, their sophomore LP Dove Tapes delves into themes of trauma, longing, breakup, and profound emotional resilience. Their debut album, Poet Lies (2023), earned acclaim for its lush, reverb-heavy soundscapes and vinyl sell-outs via Wax Mage. On Dove Tapes, moondaddy expands their sonic palette—decadent synth textures, winding guitars, and wistful vocals—anchored by Cara’s cinematic songwriting. The record carries “a microcosm of love… despite what’s happening in the world.”
LP $25.75
11/14/2025
***In a world full of lies and deception, it’s important to live within the truth when it comes to what we tell ourselves. That’s what Poet Lies, the debut album by San Diego’s moondaddy, is all about. Multi-instrumentalist and driving force behind the project Cara Potiker wrote the record as a means of grappling with difficulties she’s lived with for most of her life. An escapist at heart, Potiker’s manner of getting away during the early days of the pandemic, when no one could go anywhere, meant diving deep into songwriting as a coping mechanism. Yet in that process of solitude and introspection, Potiker discovered a few aspects of herself that she no longer wanted to keep buried, and it all unfolds within the notes of the tracks. The eleven songs that make up Poet Lies all comment on establishing a balance between working to resolve that which ails and being proud of the person those ailments helped shape—an interesting dichotomy that manifests itself in many ways. Poet Lies is a reverb soaked, shimmering fever dream of a record that sonically pulls from influences ranging from 1970’s glam rock to 90’s shoegaze and trip hop. Featuring contributions from talented local musicians from Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas.
LP $26.95
04/18/2025