Shannon Moore

Singer-songwriter Shannon Moore possesses a vocal timbre strikingly akin to that of Chrissie Hynde while shaping lyrics that combine incisive wit, precise observational nuance, and expansive conceptual scope; she also shows no hesitation in embracing raw or polarizing subject matter. Raised in Houston from birth, she received her initial guitar at age ten and completed her first original composition by twelve. Following a period at a Massachusetts boarding school, she relocated to Los Angeles for college studies and soon secured a publishing and development arrangement with Sony Music Publishing. When that agreement produced no tangible results, she shifted to Vancouver and assembled the group Deep Julia. The band tracked an album in Oakland, yet the recordings remained unmastered and unreleased, prompting the ensemble’s dissolution. Because Moore had written every track, she continued pitching the tapes until Farren Records consented to license and issue the material; distribution setbacks nevertheless prevented the project from reaching the market. Persistent in her craft, she placed numerous songs on film and television soundtracks. LTD, which incorporated several Deep Julia compositions, finally emerged in 1999 on FMA Records and earned strong critical notices. Her follow-up, Evaporate, surfaced in 2007 via the newly established 10 Spot imprint under the Water Music Records Group.