Alice By The Moon is the second full-length studio release from The Checks

The Checks (band)

The Checks are a New Zealand rock band formed in 2002 that are well known for their brand of blues-driven and high-energy rock, similar to contemporaries such as The Hives and fellow New Zealanders The Datsuns, and are at the forefront of the North Shore/Devonport sound, along with Brain Slaves,...

 and the first released on their own label.

Background

The album was recorded by the band in February and March 2009 at The Lab Studios in Auckland. The first single You and Me was released to radio airplay late in March, and a video followed in May. The album was released on June 8, 2009 in New Zealand, and the album went to number 13 on the NZ Top 40 Album Charts.
The album was followed with a string of sell-out shows over New Zealand, and also led to the band gaining major slots at both the Rhythm & Vines

Rhythm & Vines

Rhythm and Vines is an annual music festival held at Waiohika Estate vineyard, several kilometres from the city of Gisborne, New Zealand...

 Festival on New Year's Eve 2009 and at the Auckland leg of the Big Day Out

Big Day Out

The Big Day Out is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth by 1993, with the Gold Coast and Auckland joining in 1994...

. The album was met with very positive reviews
, with one review calling it "Intoxicating, raucous and beautifully distorted". The album is one of the five finalists for the inaugural Taite Music Prize, with the winner announced on March 31.

Track listing

1. "Bagheera"
2. "You and Me"
3. "Crows"
4. "Ballroom Baby"
5. "Back of the Restaurant"
6. "Any Man Here Will Run You In"
7. "God Birds"
8. "Till The Dance Is Over"
9. "Isabella"
10. "Get Off The Stage Man"
11. "Let Your Lover Know"
12. "Wait In The Summer"
13. "Hold My Head"

Tracks 1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 13 by Sven Petterson and Edward Knowles.
Tracks 2 and 12 by Callum Martin and Sven Petterson.
Tracks 3, 4, and 11 by Callum Martin, Sven Petterson and Edward Knowles.
Tim Bern and Haddon Smith feature on Tracks 1, 5 and 12.
Hannah Curwood features on Tracks 8 and 13.

External links

• Video for You and Me