Bob Moses

Bob Moses, an electronic duo, blend house rhythms with melodic pop elements through their combination of velvety singing and guitar phrases alongside dancefloor pulses. The pair surfaced in 2012 via multiple favorably received extended plays, gaining both marketplace success and praise from reviewers, highlighted by a Grammy nod for "Tearing Me Up," a track from their introductory long-player Days Gone By issued in 2015. Their follow-up Battle Lines came out during 2018, while The Silence in Between marked the arrival of their third studio album in 2022.

Though raised in Brooklyn, New York, the electronic duo Bob Moses traces origins to Vancouver, Canada, with a backstory matching the intrigue of their moniker for the stylish house act. Jimmy Vallance and Tom Howie, the two members, first connected at the high school in Vancouver where both studied, united by mutual appreciation for pop-punk acts such as Rancid and Green Day. Once adults, they relocated to Brooklyn, where Vallance produced techno in the Berlin vein and Howie focused on singer-songwriter material. Feeling creatively stagnant, they each sought fresh directions, resolved through merging their approaches to yield a fresh, unmistakably "post-club" sound. They adopted the name Bob Moses in tribute to the city planner behind contemporary New York, signing with Scissor & Thread in 2012 for the Hand to Hold EP. Scissor & Thread put out Far from the Tree the following year in 2013, and Domino issued First to Cry one year after that.

During 2015, Scissor & Thread compiled the duo's initial extended plays into All in All while also putting forth Days Gone By as their first album. "Tearing Me Up" brought two Grammy nominations, securing victory in Best Remixed Recording (Non-Classical) alongside RAC. Momentum from "Tearing Me Up" propelled them onward, including TV performances and a special reissue of Days Gone By the subsequent year. Battle Lines, their second album, emerged in 2018 and spotlighted "Heaven Only Knows." Prior to Desire in 2020, which featured ZHU on the title song, they released Unplugged as an EP in 2019. November 2020 saw the release of Falling Into Focus, a live album and film capturing a sixty-minute performance atop a disused radio tower in Topanga, California. Both "Griffith" and "Inner Light," the latter a joint effort with Elderbrook, came out in 2021. Bob Moses delivered their third studio album The Silence in Between in 2022.