Spacey but not alienating, loud yet still light, painting panoramic sound against a moving melodic backdrop, Moving Panoramas make boot gaze dream rock, led by songwriter, Leslie Sisson.
It all began in Brooklyn, where Leslie played in a number of touring bands. After navigating through a series of life changing, traumatic events that occured while visiting her home state of Texas, she's spent the last decade battling PTSD. Teaching music played a big part in her recovery, leading to an array of songs that shaped the birth of the band. The debut LP One, released on Modern Outsider Records in 2015, conjured a wave of dream gaze and international acclaim.
The second LP, In Two, released via Modern Outsider in 2019, was recorded with One engineer Louie Lino at Resonate, and mixed by Danny Reisch at Good Danny's. The sophomore album turned out to be more expansive, including new instrumentation such as the swimmy pedal steel, and welcoming special guests Matthew Caws of Nada Surf, Sabrina Ellis of A Giant Dog/Sweet Spirit, and past Panoramas Laura Colwell of Sun June, Karen Skloss of SKLOSS, and Jolie Flink of Mean Jolene. In Two charted #1 on the FMQB Submodern Specialty Radio Album Charts two weeks before its full release and during its release.
Through the years, the band's lineup has been blessed with a talented rotating cast which currently includes Cara Tillman, Phil McJunkins, Nick Pellicciotto, and Marc Fort.
A third LP is in the works and on the horizon... stay tuned for new tunes soon...
The Houston Press calls Moving Panoramas "The best band in Texas right now." Billboard says the band is "Capable of selling a stylish, shimmery, harmony-laden pop song (think Warpaint or Dum Dum Girls) they've tapped into a driving, propulsive urgency on their new material." The Austin Chronicle describes them as "Conjuring a big yet intimate sound reminiscent of Nineties output from Brit indie 4AD." Paste compliments their "Dreamy vocals and the propellant jams." PopMatters compares the music to Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, and The Aislers Set saying, "Moving Panoramas waste no time creating a niche for themselves within that style on their debut album One." NPR's Songs We Love says, "The ingredients and the sentiment might be simple, but the outcome is disarmingly complex." KCRW's Today's Top Tune says, "Moving Panoramas have been honing an expansive sound that is rooted in slithering guitar-work and crisp vocals." BrooklynVegan says, "Moving Panoramas make hazy psych pop with the kind of intricate harmonies that instantly elevate things a couple inches off the ground." The Guardian's New Band of the Week says, "They're in Warpaint's ballpark, or Best Coast's hazy dream pop territory, and are most likely to make Theresa Wayman and co jealous." Tom Tom Magazine says, "Moving Panoramas is definitely one of the city's bands to keep your eye on."
Panoramas past family members include Rozie Castoe, Geena Spigarelli, Ryan Fitzgibbon, Rachel Fuhrer, Brent Baldwin, Jody Suarez, Jordan Smith, Laura Colwell of Sun June, Karen Skloss of SKLOSS, and Jolie Flink of Mean Jolene. Many contributed to In Two and most are stars shining in their own skies now... check them out!