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for Elektra, but the label declined the album as "not commercially viable" and dropped the band. The record was ultimately released on Jericho Records in the US. Prior to the album's release, Justin Harwood left the band, and was replaced by Britta Phillips. Phillips and Wareham began a romantic
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In 2012, Sean Eden joined a Dean & Britta performance at the Shine A Light Festival in Brooklyn, performing a short set of Luna tunes in a one-off reunion performance.
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in the US and Mint Tea in the UK under the name "Dean Wareham." The same year, Krukowski and Yang released an album as Pierre Etiole, later renaming their new project
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for a guitarist, and Canadian former drama student Sean Eden was recruited. The new four-piece recorded a number of cover versions that would become the
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In 2014, Dean Wareham announced via Twitter that Luna would reunite for a tour of Spain in 2015, to be followed by US dates.
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as "the best band you’ve never heard of," Luna combine intricate guitar work, traditional rock rhythms, and poetic lyrics.
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on the tracks "Moon Palace" and "23 Minutes in Brussels." The album was released in August 1995 to critical acclaim, with
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drummer Jimmy Chambers. Some of these recordings were later released on the "Anesthesia" single on
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duetting with Dean Wareham. "Bonnie and Clyde" was released as a single in the UK and was named
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Smile (LP Version)/Slash Your Tires (LP Version)/Rollercoaster/Hey Sister (Demo Version) (1993)
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known as "Luna". (Later an accord was reached which allowed the band to use the name Luna.)
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declaring it one of the essential albums of the 1990s. The album featured a cover of
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The earliest edition of the band also included drummer Stanley Demeski and bassist
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In 1995, the band went into Sorcerer Sound studio in New York City with producer
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Dean Wareham Anesthesia containing songs Anesthesia/I Can't Wait/Tomato Poodle
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Dean & Britta 13 Most Beautiful: Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen (2010)
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affair, leading to Wareham's divorce; the new couple eventually married.
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EP, and then toured the US. In mid-1993 the band supported the reformed
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Luna getting back together, playing US shows and touring Spain in 2015
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and released by Elektra under the name Luna² to avoid confusion with a
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on their European tour, after which they recorded their second album.
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Dream Baby Dream from the guest album Invitation to a Suicide (1997)
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Beautiful View/Bobby Peru(U.S. Radio Edit)/California (Live) (1998)
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drummer Stanley Demeski, and this line-up recorded the first album,
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is an American rock band formed in 1991 by singer and guitarist
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was recorded in New York City and co-produced by the band with
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played guitar on two tracks. The album was released in 1994.
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In 2017, Luna announced two new releases, a Luna covers LP,
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Dean Wareham and Britta Phillips continued on as the duo
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Chinatown (Radio Edit)/Chinatown (Album Version) (1995)
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and engineer Mario Salvati to record their third album
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Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham Back Numbers (2007)
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Britta Phillips & Dean Wareham L'Avventura (2003)
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Bonnie & Clyde (Bonnie Parker Version)/Chinatown/
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that he was quitting the band. Wareham then signed a
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