# Seattle-Based Singer/Songwriter/Classically-Trained Cellist JEREMIAH MOON Debuts New Music Video “Housesitting”

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- Published: 2022-11-11T14:36:14-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

**Seattle-Based Singer/Songwriter/Classically-Trained Cellist Jeremiah Moon Debuts
New Music Video “Housesitting”**

**Debut EP ‘Sputnik’ Out Now**

**WA EP release show on April 2 added!  **

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For Fans of Elliott Smith, Father John Misty, Sufjan Stevens  

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).

**Stream the “Housesitting” video here:**[**https://youtu.be/TYygaEriYic**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=12107803.31522.1.51317e0cc529ba73e82ae349b9628e2f)

Jeremiah Moon - Housesitting (Official Music Video)

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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.”_

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_Photo: @meganmacbrady _
_Cover Design: @jer.moon_

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.”_

**Stream ‘Sputnik’ here:**[**https://orcd.co/sputnikep**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=12107803.31523.1.a86ca942dc6c9f1291eee5487936ef03)

**Praise for Jeremiah Moon’s ‘Sputnik’**
_“Delicate and wavering vocals over tense
quick strummed cello start the track off, but the track’s beauty can be found in
the chorus with its magical mixture of swirling noises and haunting cello. Moon’s
frankly gorgeous vocals go straight to your heart, making this a gorgeous track 
that shouldn’t be missed.”- _**_Backseat Mafia_**

_“…touching on topics like mental health and mortality with a grounded elegance,
unlike anything you’ve ever heard before. There’s an honesty and vulnerability in
his lyrics that sets him apart and gorgeously complements his cello playing.”- _**
_The Honeypop_**

_“A brand of experimental Pop filtered through the sensibilities of a cellist.”-_**
_Wildfire Music + News_**

_“…this debut EP demonstrates an artist still in thrall to his influences (Elliott
Smith, Sufjan Stevens and Nick Cave) but also one whose songwriting ability lifts
him out of the ‘also-ran’ category and into ‘one to watch’ terrain…utterly sublime.”-_**
_The Pensive Quill_**

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_“Cello based with pained vocals, simple sparse instrumentation. This is delicate,
intricate, winter music. For me this is just a perfect slice of folk, in the true
sense…passionate, sometimes elusive…a construction that few performers seem able
to attain.”- _**_Outside Left_**

_“With his new EP ‘Sputnik’ and his new single “Sugarbrain” it should be easy to
hear why he could be the next big thing.”- _**_Closed Captioned_**

_“Jeremiah Moon is a genius. An EP that is other worldly.” – _**_The Whole Kameese_**

_“…serene, sacred and solemn.. carefully crafted mix of restrained rhythms and chamber
pop string progressions deliver a subtle baroque arrangement that conjures a sense
of cabin essence, setting the tone for a reflective work on the meaningfulness of
others that reaches outward from the confines of home.”- _**_Week In Pop_**

_“With his cello playing bringing the required atmosphere, “Kinds Of Light” is the
new single from Seattle-based Jeremiah Moon. A stylistic meeting place between Elliott
Smith and Sufjan Stevens, there’s both sophistication and songcraft here.”- _**_Songwriting
Magazine_**

_“Somehow more pop and also more experimental than you would expect from a classically
trained cellist.”- _**_If It’s Too Loud_**

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.

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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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