The rising of Moon vs. Sun

Canadian husband and wife duo, Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk poured love and emotion into their performance at Windsor’s Chrysler Theatre on the eve of Valentine’s during their Moon vs. Sun tour.

“It’s really good (being on the road with my significant other). It’s really inspiring. It’s really challenging and incredibly comforting,” said Kreviazuk. “While we were having a band dinner last night I leaned in to my husband and formally appreciated him being with me in that situation, because so often I’m out there alone texting him and asking what’s going on at home.”

In a show which featured a variety of Chantal Kreviazuk songs mingled with Our Lady Peace and Raine’s solo material, the couple took turns singing each other’s music while debuting tracks from their soon to be E.P.

“It (Moon vs Sun) came together about 18 months ago with a song called I Love It When You Make Me Beg. It was one of those moments where we talked about this project and putting something together, but we didn’t have a name at that point,” said Maida. “It was based on what we had to say as artists because we said so much in our own careers. What was going to make this any different to give us the go ahead that this was something viable? This was one of those moments when we were like whoa, did we really just write that?”

With a collection of Juno awards and hit singles between them, the couple have also written and co-written songs for other artists including Avril Lavigne, Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood.

“After you have been writing songs for 15 years or so you feel like the best stuff is behind you,” Maida said. “When we wrote that song it set the bar very high for us. The song is always going to have a really special place regardless of whatever happens, just because it was the first song we had written together like that.”

In the midst of this tour, Kreviazuk released a video for her new single Into Me. However, balancing projects like solo careers, Our Lady Peace and touring as a couple can be a lot of work.

“As an artist I have to navigate through being a mom and what that cycle is like as the Chantal artist,” said Kreviazuk. “Then Raine and I are navigating through our other careers and things we are doing including parenting and living together when we were doing Moon vs. Sun.”

After almost 17 years of marriage, 20 years as a couple and three sons, Maida and Kreviazuk encompass and display a strong essence of love which they put into their music.

“The neat thing about Into Me is it made me feel like I am kind of done pushing myself as a writer for other people for a second because this song has taken over my life. It really did,” said Kreviazuk. “What I like about the song is it really reflects where I am at as a wife and as someone’s partner. A lot of the reflections in the song are actually a compliment to what Moon vs. Sun is about. It’s about getting to a point in your relationship and in your life where you feel security and you can actually look in the mirror and see a confidence that you and your partner will be able to keep hitting those walls and high notes. Regardless you are together. It’s a really wonderful feeling.”

 

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