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Artist Biography by JT Griffith
The Glendale-based Moonpools and Caterpillars were
one of the most successful bands of Philippine ancestry and released
their only major-label album, Lucky Dumpling, in 1995 through
Eastwest/Elektra. The strong debut was produced by Richard Gottehrer
(Blondie, Go-Go's, Judybats, and Jeffrey Gaines) and Jeffrey Lesser (Lou
Reed, Barbra Streisand) at Bearsville Studios. Moonpools and
Caterpillars were popular mainstays of the Los Angeles scene, especially
on the Sunset Strip. Lead singer Kimi Ward Encarnacion had the voice
and stage presence of Natalie Merchant, Bjork, and Gwen Stefani. JayJay
Encarnacion brought an amazing combination of guitar sounds to the group
and was influenced by U2's the Edge, 10,000 Maniacs' Robert Buck, and
the Smiths' Johnny Marr. Bassist Tim DePala and drummer Gugut Salgado
made up a dynamic rhythm section. Moonpools and Caterpillars have
accurately been compared to Belly, the Cocteau Twins, Edna Swap, Alanis
Morisette, the Cranberries, Velocity Girl, Tuscadero, Blake Babies, the
Darling Buds, Liz Phair, and Veruca Salt. In spite of album sales that
disappointed Elektra, Lucky Dumpling was a critical success and
Volkswagon licensed multiple songs for the Jetta debut ad campaign
(especially "Hear"). The band's song "Summertime" also was used in
Disney's Baby-Sitters Club. Moonpools released The Pink Album in 1995
through Nobu Records. A third disc simply called Twelve Songs was for
sale the night the group disbanded in 1998. Moonpools and Caterpillars
were a phenomenal band that was vastly underappreciated. In a fair, just
world where good taste reigned, Moonspools & Caterpillars would be
household names.
Tracklist
| 1 | Hear | |
| 2 | Ren | |
| 3 | Soon | |
| 4 | Trampling Rose | |
| 5 | Colossal Youth | |
| 6 | Summertime | |
| 7 | Heaven | |
| 8 | Sundays | |
| 9 | Traveling Song | |
| 10 | Buick | |
| 11 | Koo Koo Koo | |
| 12 | Jubilee | |
| 13 | Crazy Old World |
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