The otherworldly Moses Sumney today releases his debut album Aromanticism, a concept album about lovelessness as a sonic dreamscape. Lead by his imposing vocal range and textural production, Aromanticismsees Sumney interrogate the social constructions around romance. The debut includes the recently released single “Doomed“, as well as new versions of standouts “Lonely World” and “Plastic“.
“Warmly absorbing meditation on lovelessness”
The Guardian, ★★★★
Out now on Jagjaguwar via Inertia Music
MOS
ES SUMNEY SHARES NEW SONG “INDULGE ME” VIA ZANE LOWE’S BEATS 1 SHOW
Debut album Aromanticism out Friday September 22 on Jagjaguwar via Inertia Music
Today, Moses Sumney is back to share a new song from his forthcoming debut album. “Indulge Me” follows previous singles “Quarrel” and “Doomed” as the last taste from Aromanticismbefore its release Friday September 22 on Jagjaguwar via Inertia Music. The track debuted today as Zane Lowe‘s World Record on his Beats 1 show.
Aromanticism is a concept album about lovelessness as a sonic dreamscape. It seeks to interrogate social constructions around romance. The debut will include the recently released singles “Quarrel” and “Doomed,” as well as new versions of standouts “Lonely World” and “Plastic“.
Hear “Indulge Me” and pre-order Aromanticism now, and see below for an exclusive live video of Moses performing “Quarrel” earlier this year at St. Stephen’s Uniting Church as part of the Sydney Festival.
PRAISE FOR MOSES SUMNEY
“Moses Sumney has the kind of voice that makes the chest tighten. Its tones
are intoxicating and brim with emotion in the spaces where his notes linger.
On ‘Doomed’, the rawness of it is arresting and the best qualities
of his music are put into overdrive.”
Pitchfork on “Doomed”, Best New Track
“…like Radiohead’s Thom Yorke rewrote the Nina Simone songbook and gave
It to Bjork to sing; challenging, otherworldly but remarkably beautiful.”
Sydney Morning Herald on Moses at Sydney Festival 2017, ★★★★
“His looped, undulating vocals are surely the sounds we’ll hear when being
ushered through the gates of heaven.”
The Music, on Moses in Melbourne 2017
“Gradually builds momentum till it reaches boiling point with a remarkable
wall of sound created by a synth and Sumney’s pipes.”
I OH YOU on “Doomed”
Moses Sumney
Aromanticism
1. Man On The Moon (Reprise)
2. Don’t Bother Calling
3. Plastic
4. Quarrel
5. Stoicism
6. Lonely World
7. Make Out In My Car
8. The Cocoon-Eyed Baby
9. Doomed
10. Indulge Me
11. Self-Help Tape
Aromanticism by Moses Sumney is out Friday September 22
on Jagjaguwar via Inertia Music
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THE PARTAE
Aromanticism out Friday September 22 on Jagjaguwar via Inertia Music
“…like Radiohead’s Thom Yorke rewrote the Nina Simone songbook and gave it to Bjork to sing; challenging, otherworldly but remarkably beautiful.”
Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney Festival 2017 review ★★★★
“His voice was the peak of the day.”
Herald Sun, Sugar Mountain 2017 review
“His looped, undulating vocals are surely the sounds we’ll hear when being ushered through the gates of heaven.”
The Music, Melbourne 2017 review
Following the announcement of his signing to Jagjaguwar, Moses Sumney is back today to detail the release of his debut album. Aromanticism is a concept album about lovelessness as a sonic dreamscape. Set for Friday September 22 release on Jagjaguwar via Inertia Music, it seeks to interrogate the social constructions around romance. The debut will include the recently released single “Doomed“, as well as new versions of standouts “Lonely World” and “Plastic“.
To coincide with the announcement, Moses is sharing a live performance of “Doomed”, filmed at the historic St. Stephen’s Uniting Church in Sydney as part of his appearance at the Sydney Festival earlier in the year. The understated delivery is demonstrative of Sumney’s imposing live performances, for which he is already well known.
The full set can be listened to live on Double J today at 3pm AEST, and will be available to stream on the Double J site for seven days after its airing.
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Watch video for new single “Doomed” now
“…like Radiohead’s Thom Yorke rewrote the Nina Simone songbook
and gave it to Bjork to sing; challenging, otherworldly but
remarkably beautiful.”
Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney Festival 2017 review ★★★★
“His voice was the peak of the day.”
Herald Sun, Sugar Mountain 2017 review
“His looped, undulating vocals are surely the sounds we’ll
hear when being ushered through the gates of heaven.”
The Music, Melbourne 2017 review
Following a recent visit to Australia which included stops at Sydney Festival, Sugar Mountainand MONA FOMA, Moses Sumney is back today to announce his signing to Jagjaguwar. To coincide with this announcement he is releasing his first new material since 2016 with an offering from his forthcoming full-length. “Doomed” arrives in the form of an arresting video directed by Allie Avital (with whom he collaborated on the video for 2016’s “Worth It“). Watch now:
Since emerging onto the scene in 2014, Moses Sumney has ridden a wave of word-of-mouth praise, hushed recordings, and dynamic live performances. It’s an organic, patient ascent all too rare in today’s fast-paced musical climate. In a voice both mellifluous and haunting, Sumney makes future music that transmogrifies classic tropes, like moon-colony choir reinterpretations of old jazz gems. His vocals narrate a personal journey through universal loneliness atop otherworldly compositional backdrops.
Following the self-release of his debut cassette EP, Mid-City Island, and 2015’s 7″, Seeds/Pleas, Sumney has performed around the world alongside forebears like David Byrne, Karen O, Sufjan Stevens, Solange, James Blake and more. With his 2016 Lamentations EP, the California and Ghana-raised troubadour widened the spectrum of his heretofore “bedroom” music, incorporating songs that feature more elaborate production and evocative songwriting. Now, in-between three years of stops at distinguished festivals across the globe and artistic collaborations, Sumney has readied his proper full-length debut album, an intimate concept record about lovelessness as a sonic dreamscape. His inspired ascent continues.
“Doomed” single by Moses Sumney is out now on Jagjaguwar via Inertia Music
Get it here: https://Inertia.lnk.to/MS_Doom
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