"Moonlight Confessions" redirects here. Not to be confused with "Midnight Confessions", a single by The Grass Roots.
Throwing Muses released a companion album, Moonlight Confessions, simultaneously with Moonlight Concessions. The companion album contains alternative versions of the songs and was released as a limited edition of 1,000 vinyl LPs through Rough Trade.[5]
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Moonlight Concessions received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 79 out of 100 from 8 critic scores.[7] Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, with critic Heather Phraes writing that although she could "not always... tell the difference" between the album and Kristin Hersh's 2023 solo studio album Clear Pond Road, the album "deliver[ed]" for Hersh's fans and "reaffirm[ed] just how high the bar is when it comes to Hersh's music".[4] John Murphy in musicOMH also rated the album 3.5 out of 5 stars, calling it a "reliably compelling missive from a rare talent".[11] In The Guardian, Stevie Chick gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, praising Hersh's "silvery snarl". She compared the album to Nirvana's 1994 MTV Unplugged in New York, writing that they both "conjure a dark, parched ambience" and have an "austerity and tension".[10] Mark Beaumont rated the album 7 out of 10 for Classic Rock, stating that the album has "a mood as immersive as Raymond Carver".[9] Andrew Mueller in Uncut wrote that the album showed the band "growing no less peculiar and wondrous for their familiarity".[13] Chris Roberts in Record Collector rated the album 4 out of 5 stars and called it "ingenious".[12]
