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Moses Sumney

Merging elements of folk, rock, R&B, and experimental music, Moses Sumney’s sound can not be easily categorized—which is exactly how he likes it. His expansive double album græ highlights his eclecticism as well as his stunning vocal range. It’s an essential work from an artist whose ambitions know no bounds.

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      Moses Sumney Is Ready to Claim His Spotlight

      Moses Sumney Is Ready to Claim His Spotlight

      Moses Sumney’s titties are bouncing a little too much for his liking. To be clear, his pecs, the sculpted result of months of dedicated exercise with a personal trainer and sticking to a strict ketogenic diet, are spectacular. Just, you know, a tad too expressive for this particular occasion. The …

      Moses Sumney: “Polly”

      Moses Sumney: “Polly”

      Moses Sumney’s debut album Aromanticism used the power of love songs against love itself. There are harps, flutes, strumming guitars, and his crooning falsetto. But rather than exalt the transcendent powers of romance, he asked why romance should be worth pursuing. “Am I vital/If my heart is idle?” …

      Moses Sumney: “Cut Me”

      Moses Sumney: “Cut Me”

      Moses Sumney has long been fixated on the detachment that comes with personal or political isolation. To that end, Sumney has called his upcoming album græ a “conceptual patchwork about grayness,” exploring statelessness, the shades of meaning in between, the feeling of being displaced from …