Violinista, backing vocalist e co-autrice della cult-band Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra, co-fondatrice di Black Ox Orkestar, Jessica Moss è una figura centrale della scena musicale underground di Montreal: vanta importanti collaborazioni con Carla Bozulich/Evangelista, con il compianto Vic Chesnutt e più di recente con Jem Cohen e Guy Picciotto (Fugazi) nel progetto Gravity Hill (in combutta con Jim White e George Xylouris). Da qualche anno Jessica ha intrapreso un'interessante strada solista. Dopo i notevoli riscontri del disco d'esordio, Pools of Light (2017), e il seguito del 2018 intitolato Entanglement (prodotto da Radwan Ghazi Moumneh di Jerusalem in My Heart) a novembre 2021 è tornata con un nuovo atteso lavoro: Phosphenes, da cui sono tratti questi due brani: Distortion Harbour e Contemplation II

It's all for love.

WIRE - "There is a fine line between the contemporary and the ancient in the fusion here of capitalist horror with klezmer traditions: both are tragic, mournful, wistful approaches and, on occasion, revolutionary, or at least resistant...This is a deep but balanced record, elegant in its melancholia and experimental...a multi-layered post-devastation elegy for a broken humanity."

UNCUT - "Moss works a far more thoughtful, nuanced seam...The four parts of "Entire Populations" on Pools Of Light her second solo release...build from klezmer-influenced melodic turns through accreting vocal chants, shuddering tremolo and bedridden drones; "Glaciers" is mournfully slow."

“Rejoice as another member Thee Silver Mt. Zion releases a solo record in the spirit of terror and joy. This is one intense record.” – Norman 9/10

“A powerful solo effort…visceral and sometimes raw…in her hands, the violin becomes a bountiful source of adventurous possibilities. Though she's clearly proven herself to be an invaluable team member in other projects, Pools Of Light makes the strongest of all possible cases for Moss's credibility as a solo artist." – Textura 

“A despairing but cathartic experience…ambitious, expansive and dynamic. After receiving her musical gifts in the context of collaborative projects for so long, listeners should jump on this opportunity to hear her solo work.” – Exclaim 8/10 

"Nothing mattered as she opened things up, drew the curtain back and revealed the stars arranged against the black of infinite space. She was using loops, pedals, effects, she was entirely blowing me away (...)  Needless to say, it wasn't long before the audience had doubled, and was pressed up to the stage, rapt. Jessica Moss solo is a force of nature.

 (Vince Tinguely, CKUT)

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