Aryel Moon – Welcome Home (2025)
Last month, our team at The Other Side Reviews was introduced to the exciting Dublin-based alternative rock group, Aryel Moon. Quickly building a reputation for powerful, energetic performances and moving melodies, the Irish foursome is building a loyal following and not just within Ireland but internationally. Joining the talents of Donatella Camedda (vocals and guitar), Luca Masi (electric guitar), Stefano Vita (bass) and Nando Alonso (drums), Aryel Moon brings the raw honesty of 90s alternative rock to modern audiences, while blending it with tints of grunge and punk. The latest addition to their discography is the EP, Welcome Home.
Hot on the heels of successful singles ‘Eulogy’ and ‘little bit closer’, Welcome Home showcases the diverse sonic palette that defines Aryel Moon’s originality, authenticity and innovation as a group. As a concept album, the five tracks follow the complexities of love from that instant butterflies-in-the-tummy moment to blinding obsession, and then the comedown of loss with acceptance. Donatella Camedda explains:
“Welcome Home is a concept EP that traces the emotional arc of love. At its core, the EP is a story of belonging, about finding “home” not in another person, but in ourselves, in our art. What began as a heartbreak record gradually evolved into something more, an existential and artistic statement about identity, connection, and self-reclamation through music.”
Adopting a DIY ethos to creating music, Welcome Home was recorded in Aryel Moon’s rehearsal space with production by bassist Stefano Vita. Opening with ‘little bit closer’, the group dive into a grunge-inspired melody brimming with the duality of soft soothing and prickly vulnerability. Crashing drums match a bold bass while scorching drums soar throughout the track, but it is Camedda’s obscure vocals that up the ante of this track and the full EP. Reminiscent of Courtney Love, but with a distinctiveness that is entirely her own, Camedda oozes vintage grunge in the old-school tune.
While Aryel Moon offers the rush of old-school grunge in tracks like ‘little bit closer’ and ‘welcome home’, other tracks like ‘right inside me’ brush with head-whipping tones of punk. Yet, as much as there is a brashness in Welcome Home, the quartet illustrate how they can move from rambunctious tumultuousness to softer haunting in the track ‘nevermind’. Each song lingering with pulsating drums, a bold bass, and soaring guitars, twinkling in the kaleidoscopic EP. Closing with a cover of PJ Harvey’s single ‘shame’, Aryel Moon ends the album with a powerful rush of grunge-tinged self-discovery, empowerment and resilience.
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This artist was sent to us via Old Crow Promotions.
