Melding their signature double lead-guitar attack with deceptively simple pop songwriting that pays homage to Elvis Costello, Big Star and Warren Zevon, Mooner has become a favorite in the Chicago rock community since forming in 2011. Despite an undeniably huge sound--engineer Mike Hagler (Wilco, Neko Case) records the band live in a converted warehouse--they tear with punk-rock economy through nimble arrangements, which turn on a dime from towering solos to candy-sweet Thin Lizzy guitarmonies to moments of swirling noise. On October 9th, 2015, Mooner released their debut album, Masterpiece, on Aerial Ballet Records. Singer/songwriter Lee Ketch wrote the title track as a love letter to his wife of four years, and its hook serves as the album’s thesis statement: “It’s my masterpiece / this love that you gave to me.” Ketch takes a lot of his cues from songwriters of the ‘70s, packing lyrical depth into each hook. Lead single “Alison” tells a story of unrequited love at a middle school church camp in rural Oregon ("You're so cruel / You're so divine / I wanna make your piety mine") and "Masterpiece" marvels at the excitement and trials of lifelong commitment where “Never Alone” gets practically metaphysical about it (“I’ve searched the tomb a thousand times and he is gone / but with you I’m never alone”). Masterpiece is a tender-hearted and introspective tribute to the joys and pains of falling--and staying--in love, detonated by an orchestra of guitars. Mooner has been featured on the airwaves via Chicago’s WXRT and Milwaukee’s WMSE and WCBR. They have collaborated on compilations with Kimya Dawson and Andrew Jackson Jihad, and played to fans at hallowed Chicago venues like Lincoln Hall, The Hideout and Schubas as well as others across the Midwest.