Yes, you guessed it (otherwise: Wrong!): the above is supposed to be Fred's hometown Sintra, with barbed wire and horror-show tuk tuks.

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And: thank YOU for being a brave lover of odd music!

So, welcome to WEDNESDAY, the day of the week when poets vanish and mass-tourists flourish. Welcome also to the purposely dull retro-styled site for Daymoon's new album by the same dull name.

Big News: thanks to our prog radio friend Emanuel Correia, we've found ourselves a new label - OOB Records in The Netherlands, and we're happy to report that we've never had support like this in our by now unexpectly long history. Thank you for taking us on board, Fair Lady Kat!

And now, in previous episodes: just after completing our fourth album, our drummer-cum-keyboarder-cum-producer André Marques sadly abandoned Daymoon in late 2021, plunging the band into a gaping creative black hole. Thus bereft, we decided to tip-toe around the event horizon of such tulips, and concocted an album recklessly comprising no drums. And if that was not enough, an album based loosely around the humdrum idea of being stuck forever inside a glum Wednesday.

But wait... not all is glum, for:

...Jeff Markham is back in the band! Mr. Markham had been on vocal duties for our second album, Fabric of Space Divine, but is now at the masterly helm of a multitude of keyboards plus all sorts of compositional tasks. Truth be said, the compositions and arrangements on this album were much more band-based than anything Daymoon has ever done in the past, with every single musician weighing in pretty much equally on most tracks.

We are also proud beyond humble words to have had three extraordinary guests on board:

- The entrancing Courtney Swain (of Bent Knee fame) on Real Diehl

- Mrs Swain's unbelievably gifted husband Vince Welch, who already ensured the unexpected sonic success of our previous album, and has now mastered Wednesday and mixed two of the tracks.

- The most graceful Ed McGlauglin on upright bass on The Healing.

 
Alright, so go now and pick a track on the left to hear & read about what we've got for you. And it gets even better: you can get the whole shebang on a suddenly old-fashioned shiny disc with a gorgeous barb-wired booklet crafted lovingly and artfully by our goodest Gouveia art friend Dinis 'Noca' Ramos, and then transferred skillfully into Photoshop by my daughter Joana Lessing!
 

The Wednesday incarnation of DAYMOON is...

Ms LAVÍNIA Roseiro - actress and musician, also the voice of Daymoon & performed metallophone
Mr LUCA Calabrese - played 16mm widescreen flugelhorn & trumpet
Mr PAULO Chagas - musician and poet, played wild Catalunyan gralla, heartful flute & oboe, one-from-the-heart saxophone, and the mighty bass clarinet
Mr FRED Lessing - played humble angklung, 6 & 12-string acoustic guitars, bass guitar, cavaquinho, keyboards, melodica, percussion, recorder, tuned & untuned percussion, Turkish saz, violin, vocals, recorded field recordings, and sang untuned vocals
Mr JEFF Markham - played soulful acoustic piano, Hammond XK3, Rhodes Mark II, Moog Voyager
Mr THOMAS Olsson - played the most ecletic and poignant electric guitars, ebow, talkbox, and crafted wily guitarscapes
Mr TIAGO Soares - played the incredible 1-string violin & sang like an angel

Honourable GUESTS...

Mrs Swain, COURTNEY - sang towering vocals on Real Diehl
Mr McGlauglin, ED - played healing upright bass on The Healing
Mr Marques, ANDRÉ - played martial drums on Dyschordia