Star Moles Signs With Dead Oceans, Shares New Song “Born Again”

Right now, the indie rock world is in the process of discovering Emily Moales, the prolific Philly-based New Hampshire native who records extremely cool DIY music under the name Star Moles. The Star Moles discography is deep, with dozens of releases going back nearly a decade, but the recent album Highway To Hell, one of our favorites of the year, is where most of us got on board. Jeff Tweedy covered her. This Is Lorelei loves her. A lot more people will probably get to hear what Moales is doing soon, since she is now labelmates with Phoebe Bridgers and Mitski.Star Moles' music is a fascination fusion of present-day DIY aesthetics with classic '70s-style songwriting chops. Moales makes it with the other members of the Historic New Jersey collective, and she has helped out on excellent recent records from collaborators like Rubber Band Gun and Sam and Louise Sullivan. Today, the people at the big indie Dead Oceans announce that they've signed Star Moles, but it looks like she'll keep that Historic New Jersey aesthetic on her new music. Along with the announcement, Star Moles shares her new single "Born Again," a glimmering, eccentric chug that she once again recorded with Rubber Ban...