Only this time, that back-to-basics simplicity is complemented by a decade of recording experience that's allowed Half Moon Run to take complete control of their means of production. After enlisting A-list rock producers like Jim Abbiss and Joe Chiccarelli in the past, Half Moon Run recorded their new six-song EP?the aptly titled Inwards & Onwards?entirely on their own in their practice-space studio. Beyond relieving them of the pressures that come with working in a $1,000-a-day recording facility and trying to reconcile their vision with an outsider's opinions, the DIY set-up allowed Molander, Phillips, and Portielje to naturally reestablish their three-way chemistry at their own pace. "I heard [the Dark Eyes track] 'Drug You' on the radio recently," Molander shares, "and I was just like, 'Oh, yeah! There's Dev, there's Dyl, and there's me'?you can hear the three of us playing our parts, but they fit into one cohesive whole. I always wanted the band to feel that way, and a lot of the tracks on this EP do have that triangular quality?the separation in the voices, but the unity in the whole."