Press Release

New Moon is the debut track from head-over-heart folk-pop singer-songwriter Jess Irvine. After taking to festival stages and clocking over half a million streams with previous projects The Lighthearts and The Counterfeit Umbrellas, Jess debuts as a solo artist with a song that simply and sweetly captures the essence of new beginnings. Angelic vocal melodies combined with twinkly banjo and mandolin lines make for a gorgeous track that is both grounded and ethereal.

Jess describes of the track, “New Moon is almost more mantra-like than song-like. So many of my songs tend to turn out this way. Beautiful melodies that I can sing for greater peace and grounding. I feel very connected to the natural world and its’ cycles, so it felt important to create a song that captured the essence of this. The track begins and ends with the sounds of birds captured in my own backyard; the very sounds that ground me when I’m at home and in search of peace and calming. If you listen really carefully, you can even hear the swirling vibrations of a crystal singing bowl as the base ‘drone’ sound for the track. It’s important to me that I create music that is heart-centred and healing. This is a song that feels like something so much more than just a ‘song’.”

Produced by Jon Marsden (Maisy Taylor, Hello Jane) and Ben Kling (River Westin, Kathryn Hallberg), with mastering by Steve Smart (Vance Joy, Dean Lewis); New Moon is the first release in a collection of heartfelt mantras crafted for the modern-day dreamer.