Noah Kesey Releases New Single "Moth"

10:35 AM EDT on June 3, 2026

Nat Campbell

"I Like Me," a highlight from Noah Kesey's Holding Hands Around The World , popped up on our list of 2024's best shoegaze tracks , and the Burlington musician's production work for fellow Vermont indie greats like Greg Freeman and Lily Seabird has also brought him to these pages. Also, his blown-out four-track cover of Coldplay's "Yellow" rules. Now it's time for something new.

The Julia's War affiliate is back today with "Moth," a shoegaze track that packs a lot of warmth and tenderness within its hard-charging exterior. Kesey shared this statement:

This song blew in through the window during a moment of frustration, fully formed and rejuvenating, without deliberation or contemplation. In that classic stream-of-consciousness way, these lyrics are sourced from thoughts based in specific moments, but the narrative is fantasy. These are unfettered suppositions, cathartic, honest, and subject to interpretation, lyrical vignettes that say something about the dance between two people who inhabit that grey "situationship" zone. Musically, adoration for the pop-rock structure is my guiding light here.

"You hold me like a gun," Kesey sings on the chorus, and in the music video he actually does brandish a firearm. Watch below, where you'll also find the dates for his tour kicking off this Friday.

TOUR DATES: 06/05 - Hadley, MA @ A-Farm 06/06 - Philadelphia, PA @ Mini-Mart 06/07 - Indianapolis, IN @ Atomic Bowl 06/09 - Nashville, TN @ Drkmttr 06/10 - Atlanta, GA @ Rocky Mountain Pizza 06/11 - Asheville, NC @ TBA 06/12 - Richmond, VA @ DM for address 06/13 - Brooklyn, NY @ Alphaville 06/14 - Troy, NY @ Tummy Tub Records

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