“Capturing a moment; everyone waits with bated breath for ‘the next fresh sound,’” Muo Duo’s Miles said of their new record. “On Afterpop, we try to put forth an answer.” The Afterpop EP follows 2022’s Tasting Menu EP, which Wonderland Magazine called “the ultimate appetizer for Muo Duo’s intoxicating flavor – that is at once punchy, soulful, and impossible to forget.”
The EP’s five tracks include the bright and captivating “Ruby Rose;” the rhythmic and engaging “Muo Duo Show;” the dance club-inspired “Brainwaves;” the wildly energetic “Jungle City;” and, lastly, the EP’s unforgettable emotional finale, “Bunny Song.”
“On ‘Bunny Song’ we wanted to tell an Alice In Wonderland-like story that captures the emotional weight of love and loss,” explains Miles. “It’s a fantastical indie pop finale that feels like a cross between ‘Hey Jude’ [by The Beatles] and everything that has come from it since.”
The sibling act’s latest effort is currently saturating college radios, giving weight to their already hefty resumes. Muo Duo’s younger half, Winter, provides immense vocal talent. This is thanks to her role as young Elsa in Disney’s production of Frozen on Broadway. She also made appearances on Sesame Street and the hit Netflix series Manifest. The award-winning older sibling Miles crafted Muo Duo’s signature indie-pop-meets-hip-hop sound from his studies at Julliard. There, he learned all the rules so he could eventually break them.
Based in New York, siblings Miles and Winter began their joint music careers during the 2020 pandemic. The two were forced to hunker down in a rural area of Vermont. Music was their “great escape” from practically living as mountain hermits.
They recorded their first songs in a make-shift sound booth in their bedroom, created by leaning two mattresses against each other. Since then, Muo Duo’s Miles and Winter developed a unique, genre-bending style, matched by electrifying New York City live performances.
