Moonface is singer, songwriter, keyboardist Spencer Krug, known previously by his former bands Sunset Rubdown, Wolf Parade, Frog Eyes and Swan Lake.

The name originated in 2009 with the Sunset Rubdown limited 7-inch "Introducing Moonface." It was a mere two songs that Krug wrote and recorded alone in his Montreal home, which was never intended to make any big waves, but which resurrected in Krug a love for home-recording, and planted the idea that he would use the name "Moonface" for all future solo work. The following two albums were made in the same way, written and recorded alone, in Montreal, when he wasn't busy with other projects. They were "Dreamland EP: Marimba and Shit-Drums," released in 2010, and "Organ Music, Not Vibraphone Like I'd Hoped," released in 2011, both on Jagjaguwar.

By spring of 2011, both Sunset Rubdown and Wolf Parade had wound down their activities to nil, allowing Krug to focus strictly on Moonface. Having had his fill of working alone, he started collaborating again with other musicians, reserving his freedom to use Moonface as a vehicle for anything he wrote or performed, solo or otherwise. Moonface went live, and "Organ Music" was toured throughout North America in 2011, with the help of Krug's friend Michael Bigelow.