Ritt Momney

Ritt Momney serves as the solo outlet for Jack Rutter, the Salt Lake City indie singer and songwriter whose sound shifts across lonesome indie pop, lo-fi folk, and bright synth pop. Momentum built after his self-released debut album in 2019, followed by a 2020 reinterpretation of Corinne Bailey Rae’s “Put Your Records On” that spread widely online and secured a Columbia recording contract.

The project originated during Rutter’s high-school period, when he assembled Ritt Momney as an indie-rock group alongside classmates. Initial 2017 singles “Young Adult” and “Theatre Kid” leaned toward raw garage-rock energy, yet he soon steered the material into quirky indie-pop terrain on later cuts such as “Pollution / Disclaimer” and “Paper News.”

Departure of his bandmates for Mormon missions and his girlfriend’s move to college effectively ended the group configuration. Rutter retained the name and turned to solitary recording as a private means of processing his feelings. The 2019 album Her and All of My Friends captured that phase through themes of isolation and questioning of Mormon beliefs. The home-recorded, independently issued set quickly accumulated substantial streaming plays, and plans for a spring 2020 tour supporting Dayglow were halted by the COVID-19 outbreak. Confined at his parents’ Salt Lake City residence, he tracked a version of Corinne Bailey Rae’s 2006 hit “Put Your Records On,” which emerged as a breakout viral success. By September of that year he had joined the Disruptor/Columbia roster.