◇ image via WikipediaMoses Sumney
Moses Sumney is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of We Are King, Hayley Williams, Perfect Angel, Woodkid and Oneohtrix Point Never. Those roots explain a lot about how Moses Sumney arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as serpentwithfeet, Nick Hakim, Perfume Genius, Kelsey Lu and Charlotte Day Wilson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into James Blake, Solange Knowles, Sufjan Stevens, Dirty Projectors and Junip, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Moses Sumney, reaching back through We Are King and forward to James Blake. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Moses Sumney is an American singer-songwriter and actor. His self-recorded EP, Mid-City Island, was released in 2014. He released another five-song EP in 2016, titled Lamentations. His first full-length album, Aromanticism, was released in September 2017. His second studio album, Græ, was released in 2020. Sumney has performed as an opening act for James Blake, Solange Knowles, and Sufjan Stevens. In 2023, he was featured on The Weeknd's HBO TV series The Idol.
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Moses Sumney connections
Moses Sumney grew out of We Are King, Hayley Williams, Perfect Angel and Woodkid, shares an orbit with serpentwithfeet, Nick Hakim, Perfume Genius and Kelsey Lu, went on to shape James Blake, Solange Knowles, Sufjan Stevens and Dirty Projectors. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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