Inês Cardoso
Vocals · guitar
Loud, tender, late.
Moth Meridian are four friends from Lisbon who write songs about ferries, night shifts and the people who wait up.
Lisbon, since 2016The story
A band that grew up on stage.
We started as a covers band playing harbour bars, wrote our first song in a stairwell and never quite stopped touring. Everything we record starts live, in one room, with the amps a little too loud.
340+
Shows played
26
Countries
3
Records
12M
Streams
The band
Four people, one van.
Rui Almeida
Bass · synths
Tomás Leite
Drums
Carla Moura
Guitar · keys
Timeline
Side A to side B.
- 2016
Four friends, one rehearsal room
A shared room above a bakery in Alfama and a lot of borrowed gear.
- 2019
First EP, First Light
Recorded live in a single weekend and pressed on 300 records.
- 2024
Harbour Lights
The debut album. Three tours, two festivals and a sold-out Lisbon hometown show.
- 2026
Salt & Static
Recorded to tape in a converted ferry terminal. The biggest tour so far.
Press
Kind words.
A record that sounds like the last ferry home: tired, glowing and quietly euphoric.
Moth Meridian live is a different animal. Louder, looser and completely magnetic.
Few bands make melancholy this much fun to dance to.
Side B
Play our festival?
We still say yes to the good ones. Send a date and a field.
