Moose were formed in London in 1990 when record and tape exchange colleagues Russell Yates (guitar and vocals) and Kevin ‘Moose’ McKillop (guitar) decided to channel their common love of all things Gram Parsons, Laura Nyro, Alex Chilton, Kris Kristofferson and Tim Buckley into their own nascent compositions.

Damien Wharburton (drums) and Jeremy Tishler (bass) completed the line up for the band’s first shows in Windsor and at London’s ULU in the summer of 1990 and soon Moose soon built a solid reputation by supporting bands such as Milk, Fatima Mansions and Chapterhouse.

Rumour has it that after witnessing only Moose’s third ever gig Pixie’s bassist Kim deal begged the band to let her produce them.

After signing to Hut Records Moose released a series of EP’s to no little critical acclaim but minimal commercial success and the band decamped to Play It Again Sam Records where they released their debut long player ‘XYZ’ in 1992.

Two more albums, ‘Honeybee’ and ‘Live a Little, Love a Lot’, followed on hard by but it would be five more years before Moose’s final release ‘High Ball Me!’ would see the light of day.

“…bands can be lazy as well – they’ve just got to try harder if they sound like someone else.”

— Damien Warburton

Selected Albums

XYZ - 1992

"...the result is like nothing you've heard, right up there with Spiritualized's Step Into the Breeze in the annals of latter day bliss rock.  Folks, this is one heck of a lovely record": Melody Maker

Honeybee - 1994

"Gorgeous, really, and worthy of widespread attention": Q Magazine

Live a Little, Love a Lot - 1995

"Moose refine their own style and a shitload of mightily tasteful old records to a point of complete, dazed effortlessness. And if anyone this year makes a better record to wake up to on a Sunday morning, I'll eat my copy of Glen Campbell's Greatest Hits": NME

Highball Me! - 2000

"How can bands as excellent as Moose get passed over? High Ball Me was on the shelf for no less than a couple years before finding a label to release it, with four years passing since their last full-length. And guess what? It's another dazzling, fearless pop record": All Music Guide

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