Moth

In an interview with Pitchfork, Caroline Polachek said Moth is a “New York record,” using songs and experiences associated with living in the city. The New York skyline appears on the cover art underneath a giant moth. Polachek points out:

Well, moths aren’t something you really see in New York City. You don’t see them very often, at least, but we liked the idea of the moth as a metaphor for vulnerability, for something that’s fragile but relentless at the same time. It goes towards the light; it beats its wings until it dies. There are risks everywhere, but it doesn’t question them. So for us, that was sort of the attitude for the music: something really beautiful, vulnerable, honest.

The album is their third, and was highly anticipated, although it received good, not great reviews. “Ch-Ching” and “Romeo” were the two singles released from the record.