Ritt Momney ‘In the Round’
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Ritt Momney ‘In the Round’
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- Show Time: 7:30pm
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Thalia Hall — Chicago, IL
- Address: 1807 S Allport St, Chicago, IL 60608
- Additional Info: To make Base, Jack Rutter (who performs as Ritt Momney) had to let go of everything. He had to get to the point where he wanted to quit making music. Tear everything down and build it all up again. Rutter had to let go of all the shoulds, and all of the expectations he thought people had for him and his music. So he hit the reset button, forgot about all the noise, and made a record he truly wanted to make. Its his most realized offering yet: beautiful and weird and cool.A record of lo-fi bedroom rock that radiates warmth and honesty.Rutters story is one of reinventing yourself after viral success. After the release of his debut, Her and All My Friends, Rutter put out a cover of Corinne Bailey Raes Put Your Records On. The song was an unexpected hit, taking off almost half a year after it was initially released, and landing in the Billboard Hot 100. In 2021, he released his second full-length record Sunny Boy, a record of warm to the touch bedroom pop. And then Rutter started to fall out of love with music.I was starting to feel like I was making music because I had to, he says, but then I realized, I didnt have to make anything if I didnt want to. This release from expectations was like a lightning bolt: Rutter felt a kind of freedom he had not felt in years. Enter Base.Base is Rutters third record. Since Sunny Boy, hes bought a house in his native Salt Lake City, gotten married, and started treating his hobbies with the same seriousness he treats his music (for a period of time, he was bowling every morning of the week). In other words: hes made a life for himself. A life where he has created the perfect environment to make music. Base is the product of this freedom. And you can tell from first listen. Base is a roomy, elegant collection of songs.I believe in base creativity, says Rutter, Some kind of pure being. A solid foundation. This was the goal with Base: to make a record that is rooted in that sort of boundless creativity. To make it, Rutter joined up with his bandmates, Rick West and Chris Peranich. On his past two records, Rutter would write and produce everything. On Base, he wanted things to be more collaborative. He wanted the record to have more of a live, analog sound. Base was recorded on an 8-track. No screens allowed in the studio during the initial recording. Theyd use computers a little bit after the fact, but the goal was to make something that sounded organic. Like Gunna, a song about waiting and not knowing what youre waiting for. The song starts out with acoustic guitars, then Rutters voice comes in. As soon as she gets home, he sings, Im going to be so nice. Theres a little distortion, cracking open the song like you do with an egg and a fork. Keys and big drums. Its a little Radiohead, a little Alex G.Base is a record of intuitive music.
