Orlando musician Sean Moore has just broken a yearslong stretch of artistic dormancy. Although quiet in recent history, he was once one of the city’s busiest artists, first rising to local prominence in the 2000s as part of the incredibly fertile Funbalaya and Post Records indie scenes. While Moore has often been in the thick of the crowd, he’s always been a man apart as one of the most virtuosic and avant-garde people in the room.
In a wide range of respected bands that includes the motley likes of Dodger, The Heathens and Viernes, Moore’s presence was always sin- gular. Even with a résumé that includes famous collaborations, his point of view has always been unmistakably his own. But nowhere is the full ambit of Moore’s complex composite more manifest than in his solo work.
Now, after over a decade of suspended animation, Moore has reemerged with fresh material that, thankfully, proves he still exists on his own cloud. On his first proper release since 2012, new single “I Reveal” is an instant return to his orchestral maneuvers in left-field pop. It’s an ethereal meditation that serves as a current portal to Moore’s chamber-pop world, a realm where classical theory meets modern abstraction to become something transcendental.
The most auspicious thing about the song, however, is that it’s the first glimpse of a 14-song batch set for full release late this year. In fact, second single “To Where & When” is just about to drop in short order on Friday and is, in Moore’s own words,“not far removed from the work I contributed to Viernes years ago.” Although Moore performed everything on both these singles himself, the upcoming album will feature notable collaborators like Matt Kamm, Jeff Ilgenfritz, Emma Branch, Carlos DeSoto, Patrick Moreno and others.
“I Reveal,” “To Where & When” and upcoming singles will release on all major streaming platforms.
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This article appears in Feb 5-11, 2025.
