MoonFace the Mage is the bardic alias of indie-folk solo artist Rhodri Welsh. It's been 20 years since the inception of the MoonFace moniker. Following an indefinite hiatus of his first band, Rhod opted to perform under the pseudonym to complement the finger-picking style, broken-hearted strum, and folk-fantasy confessions of his new solo acoustic project.

In 2005, Rhod joined forces with producer James Morgan to record and release a DIY EP titled 'Beyond All Recognition.' And at the same time as working full time in a Cardiff tailor shop, MoonFace continued to be a presence on the South Wales music scene with live shows and festival appearances before a UK tour sharing the stage with renowned artists such as Devendra Banhart, Seth Lakeman, Maria Taylor, and Hayseed Dixie. And in 2008, seamlessly evolving into a 4-piece band called 'MoonFace and the Familiar Shapes.'

Now, after a decade of creating a compendium of tales that traverse the realms of godless things and mountain kings in thematic existentialism, Rhodri Welsh and James Morgan join forces once again to record 'Astoria, to the Sea' the first full length LP from MoonFace the Mage to be released later this year.