Earth From The Moon

“Music is endlessly interesting to me.” says John Ounpuu (aka Earth From The Moon). “At a certain point, I couldn’t resist the pull any longer”.

The decision to surrender to music’s pull sparked a major life shift for Ounpuu. “In 2019 I decided—after essentially two decades away from it—that I would finish a song on my own and share it with people." After that, the floodgates opened and the songs kept coming.

Originally emerging on the Canadian indie rock scene in the mid-90’s with the Vancouver band Pluto, Ounpuu found himself signed to Mint Records (and then Virgin), getting nominated for a JUNO award, and heading out on lengthy tours across North America. In 1999 the group disbanded and Ounpuu took his life in another direction. .

Eventually, mortality pushed him back into action. “I was coming up on my 50th birthday. It had been 20 years since I wrote a song that more than a few people heard. I thought: if not now, when?”

Diving back in started with a laptop and eventually led to a studio on a secluded island. “The basic tracks were built by me in Garageband. Then they were rebuilt, piece by piece with the help of Ryan Dahle (Mounties / Limblifter / Age of Electric) at his studio on Mayne Island. Ryan’s brother Kurt (New Pornographers, Neko Case, Destroyer) was kind enough to play drums ... and sax.”

“Music is a reliable source of joy. I am old enough now to know that’s a rare and precious thing. It makes no sense to turn my nose up at it any longer.”