My Buddy Moose | zh

My Buddy Moose My Buddy Moose is a four member band from Rijeka, Croatia, assembled in September 2004. Different pop music genres, ranging from rock’n’roll and punk to soul and country, influenced their music.
Searching for their mode of expression in the realm of what Gram Parsons named cosmic American music they have been drawing their inspiration from the sensibility of Gram Parsons, Steve Earle and Townes Van Zandt as well as from the garage energy of The Sonics and The Stooges.
Band released their first album, self titled album My Buddy Moose, in 2006. It was produced by Dalibor Pavicic from The Bambi Molesters and was greeted by much critical acclaim. They played a lot of concerts and shared the stage with numerous performers such as Steve Wynn, The Saints, The Strange, Franz Ferdinand and Howe Gelb (Giant Sand).
In 2010. the band released their second album called Wonderful Feeling of Emptiness with the help from numerous guest including Howe Gelb and Chris Eckman, the leader of Walkabouts.
The album was again highly appreciated by the critics and their fans and was named as one of the best albums of the year in Croatia. My Buddy Moose continued to play a lot of gigs in Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia including shows with Mark Olson, Howe Gelb, The Bambi Molesters...
Both albums were pronounced "Album of the year" by the influential Muzika.hr web site.
In 2012. My Buddy Moose record "People In This Place On Every Side" a song by The Jayhawks. The song was played and recorded for documentary ''You Shouldn't Hide Your Colors" (The Jayhawks Fan Tribute Project) by Kimberly Anne Schultz.
My Buddy Moose also participated in the Projekt R.E.M.: Pure Energy Music. The project payed tribute to the songs of R.E.M. with 16 songs by 15 popular Slovenian and Croatian artists, all covering classic R.E.M. songs. My Buddy Moose played and recorded Driver 8 with Chris Eckman.
In the spring of 2012. band started to record their third album called "Shine! Shine! Shine!" with legendary Chris Eckman as the producer. Album was recorded live and released in January 2013. .