But when I finally worked up the courage to tell my parents I was atheist and we started talking about it, I realized it shouldn’t be about who’s right and who’s wrong it should just be about what works.
He describes: “When I first stopped believing in my church and religion in general, I immediately began looking for everything wrong with it. On one of his album tracks “(If) The Book Doesn’t Sell,” Jack touches on his departure from the Mormon church. The project was poignant & moody, as Jack grappled with his girlfriend being away at college, his friends joining Mormon missions, & him questioning all of it. Eventually, Ritt Momney became just him, and in 2019 he released his solo effort Her And All My Friends. He then watched his friends all fall in line with the Mormon faith, & once he reached college he started to find some new friends. Jack formed the band Ritt Momney in 2017 with some friends, & they released a song called “Young Adult,” which gained some traction on Spotify. “Why would I limit myself to piano and guitar when I could plug into a computer and have the sound of any instrument I wanted at my fingertips?” he says. He graduated to GarageBand & then on over to Logic.
He taught himself the piano & guitar, recording acoustic covers on his phone then posting them on SoundCloud. He kept searching for more music, diversifying his palate, listening to other artists like Earl Sweatshirt & STRFKR. That was until he reached high school and stumbled upon James Blake’s eponymous debut album, which arguably changed Jack’s life. Growing up in a tight knit Mormon community, Jack’s musical experience was relegated to the church, The Beatles, and radio hits. The artist, born Jack Rutter, knew from a young age that falling in line wasn’t going to be a priority. It’s much more than a spin on Mitt Romney’s name. As he enters the next phase in his career, Ritt Momney continues to spread messages of romance, realization, & rebellion. The SLC native has recently gone viral thanks to his cover of Corinne Bailey Rae’s “Put Your Records On,” gaining steam on TikTok while soaring up the Spotify & Apple charts.
Learn more at Patreon.The following description comes from the event organizer.Īt just 21 years old, singer/songwriter Ritt Momney has expertly infused emotion into his sound, crafting introspective records that are therapeutic for the man behind the pen as well as his listeners. There are a bunch of exclusive perks only for patrons: playlists, newsletters, downloads, discussions, polls - hell, tell us what song you would like to hear covered and we will make it happen. Cover Me is now on Patreon! If you love cover songs, we hope you will consider supporting us there with a small monthly subscription. It was pretty therapeutic.”Ĭheck out more from Ritt Momney at his website. Keeping a similar drum line also allows this cover to retain the soulful quality of the original whilst being undeniably unique and fresh.īeyond its viral success, the cover signified a moment of hope amidst challenges for Rutter, who said that between COVID and his own struggles with depression he “couldn’t handle writing a depressing song… I started playing around with the idea of manifesting happiness instead of projecting my own sadness. While Rutter’s voice lacks Rae’s earthy grit, he retains her laid back delivery. The filters which warp Rutter’s vocals and the synths which chime into the instrumentals subvert the down-to-earth quality of the original. The production has a very different kind of effervescence here than in Rae’s 2006 classic. In a Rolling Stone interview, Rutter described the track’s popularity as “an almost overnight shift”. Originally released independently in April, the summery track achieved viral success on TikTok – it currently has over 23 million streams on Spotify. Utah-based teen band turned solo project Ritt Momney has released a cover of Corinne Bailey Rae’s R&B hit “Put Your Records On.” Only 20 years old and one LP into his career, main man Jack Rutter has seen this breakthrough hit land him a major-label record deal.
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