Seattle-based singer/songwriter/classically-trained cellist and illustrator Jeremiah Moon is debuting a new Brent Driscoll-directed music video for "Housesitting" a track off his debut EP 'Sputnik,' out now via Enci Records (The Joy Formidable, Beach Goons, Fences).
In regards to the track, Jeremiah says, "Housesitting is a song about the moment when a relationship starts to end. Not about love ending, but about things growing apart; a fork in the road turning into a chapter heading. It's about the strange truth that sometimes it's easier to see clearly and feel deeply -- even, or maybe especially the good parts -- once you've already made up your mind to leave."
Of the video, he adds, "Brent and I shot this video at a friend's treasured family beach house out in the San Juan Islands. We wanted to capture the eerie feeling of being in a stranger's house - a home, saturated with years of memories that aren't your own. Your ears become very attentive to small sounds: the refrigerator kicking in, the low hiss of the rain, pipes running beneath the floorboards. The feeling, not of a presence, but an absence so palpable you can almost taste it. Alone but not alone - make yourself at home."
The 'Sputnik' EP was recorded with friend and producer Adam Black in a remote cabin in Florence, OR. "We laid down the main tracks during this time and pieced together the rest of the EP and arrangements over the next couple of years," explains Jeremiah.
Moon's music bears the mark of the musicians that inspired it, channeling the energy of a diverse list of influences that range from Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Thom Yorke, Blake Mills, Sufjan Stevens, Claude Debussy, and Nick Cave, to Mahler, Dvorak, Stravinsky, Ravel, and the poetry of Christian Wiman, all while simultaneously carving its own path.
The son of a classically trained violinist mother, Moon would start taking cello lessons at age 7, playing music (solo, chamber music, and orchestra) all through high school.
After graduating, Moon studied cello performance at Boston University. He recalls, "I started writing my first songs when I was home on summer vacations."
In 2013, Jeremiah moved to Seattle and started accompanying guitarists for live shows and recording sessions, as well as working on his illustration skills and building a portfolio of his work. He says, "I started seriously working on songwriting in 2018 after being challenged by a friend to take myself more seriously as an artist. The 5 songs on my EP were a direct result of the momentum from this burst of inspiration."
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