Shannon & the Clams - Moon Is In the Wrong Place

Blue Neon Black Splatter Vinyl Shannon Shaw has a voice as big as all outdoors, and apparently Dan Auerbach decided she should make a record that's just as vast. Shaw is the lead singer with Shannon & the Clams, whose blend of girl group, garage rock, rockabilly, and other cool retro rock & roll sounds has made them cult favorites, and Auerbach is the co-founder of the Black Keys and an avowed Clams fan who produced their 2018 album Onion as well as 2021's Year of the Spider. Both of those records found Auerbach using his studio savvy to give the band a richer and more colorful sound, and with 2024's The Moon Is in the Wrong Place, he's gone all in, with clean, well-detailed production, arrangements that aren't afraid to be grandiose, and plenty of space for Shaw's vocals to get the spotlight they deserve. The opening track, "The Vow," is a Latin-tinged ballad whose romantic shuffle builds up to a colossal swell of horns, percussion, and massed vocals in its grand finale, and i