Born: 19 / 5 / 1991
Location: Los Angeles
Moses Sumney is a Ghanaian-American singer-songwriter. 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.
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There's a tonne of new music released every Friday and wading through it to find your next favourite album is an almost impossible task. 'The Music' team get it and we're here to help, bringing you our Album Of The Week each Friday. Here's why Moses Sumney's album 'græ' gets our pick.
"Confronts with its complexity and demands that you pay it close attention."
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"What. Is. That. Voice? It's like nothing you've ever heard before."
"Is it possible to out-Bjork Bjork? If so, we reckon Sumney just did and all wanna make out with him in a car pronto."
"We're still shaking our heads in impressed disbelief."
"An inherently Pentecostal atmosphere took hold as audience members raised their hands in joyful confusion."
"People think they know me because I make intimate music, and they don't. It's important for people to understand that."