The song of Moses: Broken and bold.
By Daily Bruin Staff
June 19, 2016 4:51 p.m.
DJ Aaron Byrd, a KCRW host and former engineering student at UCLA, opens the set with an amalgamation of underground hip-hop music and soulful tunes.
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Moses Sumney, a former Daily Bruin Copy contributor and UCLA alumnus, waits backstage before his introduction as the headliner.
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Moses Sumney croons a cover of Amy Winehouse’s “I Heard Love is Blind," a last-minute addition to his set.
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“Thank you for climbing up the mountain to attend our service this evening,” Moses Sumney exclaimed.
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Moses Sumney effortlessly glides through crowd-favorite songs “Seeds,” “Man on the Moon,” “Worth It” and “Plastic” with his distinctive falsetto.
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Moses Sumney marries soulful poetic lyrics with folk-driven melodies. “I started to work on my album before Jesus was born … it’s going to be released when he returns,” Sumney teased.
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“One day, you can tell people that you first saw Moses Sumney when he opened for Picasso,” Sumney remarked playfully.
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Moses Sumney closed the show with an encore performance of “Everlasting Sigh,” a song that showcases his use of a cappella and layered vocal arrangements crafted live on loop pedals.
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Guests leave after Moses Sumney’s performance for Saturdays Off the 405, a Getty Center summer concert series.
