{"id":2717,"date":"2018-02-14T10:02:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T18:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/?p=2717"},"modified":"2024-08-04T15:03:51","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T22:03:51","slug":"moses-sumney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/moses-sumney","title":{"rendered":"Episode 129: Moses Sumney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subhead\">&#8220;Quarrel&#8221;<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/SongExploder129-MosesSumney-600x420.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/SongExploder129-MosesSumney.png 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/SongExploder129-MosesSumney-300x210.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?uf=https%3A%2F%2Ff.prxu.org%2Fsong-exploder%2Ffeed-rss.xml&amp;ge=prx_93_f57908ee-a5c3-4824-8c9e-8cae1455ff9b\" width=\"650\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"download-links\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.com\/songexploder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APPLE PODCASTS<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/dovetail.prxu.org\/song-exploder\/f57908ee-a5c3-4824-8c9e-8cae1455ff9b\/SongExploder129_MosesSumney_DT.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DOWNLOAD MP3<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"download-links\"><\/div>\n<p>Moses Sumney is a singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. His first album, <em>Aromanticism<\/em>, came out in September 2017, but before that, he\u2019d already worked with an impressive and\u00a0diverse\u00a0list of collaborators, from <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sufjan_Stevens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sufjan Stevens<\/a>, to <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/solange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Solange<\/a>, to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karen_O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Karen O<\/a> of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, to <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Skrillex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Skrillex<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That spirit continues with the song Moses takes apart in this episode, which has contributions from producer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamCam?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cam O\u2019bi<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.weareking.com\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paris Strother<\/a>, and legendary bassist <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/thundercat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thundercat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can get <a href=\"https:\/\/geo.itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/quarrel\/1248865596?i=1248866147&amp;mt=1&amp;app=music&amp;itscg=30200&amp;itsct=afftoolset_1&amp;uo=4&amp;at=10lMg6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cQuarrel\u201d on iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"http:\/\/songexploder.net\/transcripts\/moses-sumney-transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Lerma<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"header\">footnotes<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vc4iluNVwNY\">Brandee Younger (harpist) &#8211; NPR Video<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stereolab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stereolab<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Radiohead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radiohead<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joanna_Newsom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joanna Newsom<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Quarrel&#8221; LISTEN: APPLE PODCASTS \u00b7 DOWNLOAD MP3 Moses Sumney is a singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles. His first album, Aromanticism, came out in September 2017, but before that, he\u2019d already worked with an impressive and\u00a0diverse\u00a0list of collaborators, from Sufjan Stevens, to Solange, to Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, to Skrillex. 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