Editorial Reviews
Kiss the Moon
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Sound the Sirens Magazine, June 2002
Sharif’s "Kiss the Moon" can be best described as moody, enchanting and soothing. Well written, creative and multi leveled rock.
Left Off the Dial, April 2002
Sharif's catchy (an understatement) music . . . has a feel of airiness . . . as if the entire disc comes with an anti-gravitational device.
Album Description
"Kiss the Moon" is the result of Sharif's sessions with acclaimed production team, Chris Keup and Stewart Myers (River, Rebecca Lord, Agents of Good Roots). Sharif's soothing voice shines through in the title track ‘Kiss the Moon’, comforting the listener while hypnotic guitar and piano melodies interweave into the fabric of his voice. "Stay" and "Sacrifice" capture his softer side, lingering on lost loves and torn relationships. More upbeat songs, like "Midnight Dream" and "Envy," provide a more mystifying and often cynical outlook on life. Throughout the album, Chris Keup and Stewart Myers’s work with Sharif adds layers of melody and texture to already beautiful songs. The instruments, the haunting vocals of Virginia folk singing sensation, Regan, and the beats, teetering between new age and world beat, fuse to create a new synthesis of melody and hypnotic groove.